Mine detail: Pechenga District

Previously called 'Petsamo'

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Location

Lat / long:

69.33184, 29.73693

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, Selenium, Tellurium, Silver, Gold, PGE
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

MRDS	ISM0329
DEP	60000649
Reference	{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.}{Deposit:: SMIRNOV, V.I., ED., 1977, ORE DEPOSIT OF THE USSR, V. II: LONDON, PITMAN PUBLISHING CO., 424 P.}
Reporter	PAGE, NORMAN J.