Mine detail: Vuonos Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.71509, 28.93614

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1965

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartzite
Tectonic:Fold Belt

References

MRDSW002789
DEP10107276
Reference{Deposit:: SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, 1973, P. 448}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1978, FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: MINING MAGAZINE, P. 565-585.}{Deposit:: KLINGER, F.L., 1972, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF FINLAND: PREPRINT FROM THE 1972 BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 7}{Deposit:: E/MJ: 1972 DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1972, P. 178.}{Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 52 P.}{Production:: CO PRODUCTION FROM CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987.}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Orris, Greta J.