Mine detail: Hitura

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Location: Finland, Europe
Lat / long: 63.84852, 25.05302
dep_id: 10079607
mrds_id: W029646
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Minor mineral: Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Gersdorffite, Graphite, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Sphalerite
gangue: Antigorite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Talc
orebody_fm: PIPE-LIKE
model: 11: Komatiitic Ni-Cu
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Hitura Body
hrock_type: Amphibolite
arock_type: Dunite
Structure: Kotalahti Nickel Belt
tectonic: Linear Belt In The Prec Shield
Year first produced: 1970
disc_yr: 1937
discr: G.S. Of Finland
References:
  • 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
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