Mine detail: Hitura

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

63.84852, 25.05302

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1970

Geology

Host rock:	Hitura Body
Host type:	Amphibolite
Associated type:	Dunite
Structure:	Kotalahti Nickel Belt
Tectonic:	Linear Belt In The Prec Shield
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

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.