Mine detail: Pechenga District

Previously called 'Petsamo'

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Location

Lat / long: 69.33184, 29.73693

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Selenium, Copper, Silver, Gold, Tellurium
Discovery year: 1937

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, GABBROIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE, AND DISSEMINATED
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Structure:SULFIDES SEPARATED IN MAFIC MAGMAS

References

MRDSISM0240
DEP60000601
Reference{Deposit:: HAAPALA, P.S., 1969, FENNOSCANDIAN NICKEL DEPOSITS, IN WILSON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS--A SYMPOSIUM: E-CONOMIC GEOLOGY PUBLISHING CO., P. 262-275. (G1-G13)}{Deposit:: NALDRETT, A.J., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS--CLASSIFICATION, COMPOSITION, AND GENESIS, IN SKINNER, B.J., ED., EC-ONOMIC GEOLOGY, 75TH ANNIVERSARY VOLUME, P. 628-685.}{Deposit:: KRAUSS, ULRICH, AND SCHMIDT, HELMUT, 1979, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE, XXII. UDSSR--NICKEL, KOBALT, P-LATIN-METALLE: HANNOVER (GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC), BUNDESAN-STALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, 184 P. (PA1)}{Deposit:: ROSS, J.R., AND TRAVIS, G.A., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: ECONOMIC -GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1291-1329. (PC1, RR3)}
ReporterFOOSE, MICHAEL P.