Mine detail: Kotalahti Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

62.19846, 26.60282

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	PIPE-LIKE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Kotalahti Formation
Host type:	Norite,Pyroxenite,Serpentinite
Tectonic:	Baltic Shield
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M047035
DEP	10106908
Reference	MINING MAGAZINE, 12/78 , FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: MINING MAGAZINE, P. 565 - 58
Reporter	Saso, Jerri L.