| Lat / long: | 63.84852, 25.05302 |
| Primary: | Nickel |
| Secondary: | Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Cobalt |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Gersdorffite, Graphite, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Antigorite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Talc |
| Orebody form: | PIPE-LIKE |
| Discovery year: | 1937 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1970 |
| Host rock: | Hitura Body |
| Host type: | Amphibolite |
| Associated type: | Dunite |
| Structure: | Kotalahti Nickel Belt |
| Tectonic: | Linear Belt In The Prec Shield |
| Alteration processes: | Serpentinization |
| MRDS | W029646 |
| DEP | 10079607 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: B.G.R., FEBR. 1977: ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE, ROHSTOFFE ZUR STAHLVEREDLUNG IN FINNLAND, NORWEGEN, SCHWEDEN}{Deposit:: HAKLI ET AL., 1975, SEG PLATINUM SYMPOSIUM, DENVER, COLO., P. 12.}{Deposit:: PAPUNEN, 1970, ANN. ACAD. SCI. FENNILAE, SER. A., II, 109, 74 P.}{Deposit:: KAHMA, 1973, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINLAND, BULL 265, 28 P.}{Deposit:: HAKLI, HANNINEN, VUORELAINEN, PAPUNEN, 1976, MINERALSATION IN THE HITURA NICKEL DEPOSIT, FINLAND: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 7, NO. 7.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.}{Production:: BGR, 1977; DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985} |
| Reporter | Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J. |