Mine detail: Kotalahti

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.56511, 27.6195

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: PGE
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: PIPE-LIKE
Discovery year: 1954

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1959

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Karelian
Associated type:Peridotite,Amphibolite
Structure:Kotalahti Nickel Belt, Faults
Tectonic:Prec Baltic Shield
Alteration processes:Serpentinization

References

MRDSW029645
DEP10079606
Reference{Deposit:: B.G.R., FEB. 1977, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, ROHSTOFFE ZUR STAHLVEREDLUNG IN FINNLAND, NORWEGEN, SCHWEDEN}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1978, FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: DEC., P. 565-585.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Production:: BGR, FEB., 1977; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION IS FROM DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985.}{Reserve-Resource:: 1980 DATA FROM DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985}
ReporterSaam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.