Mine detail: Petsamo-Pechenga District

Previously called 'PilgujaaviMironaSoukerjokiOrtoaiviKammikiviKotseljokiPechengaOnkituntariKualanturi'

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Location

Lat / long:

67.92847, 31.21146

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum, Cobalt
Discovery year:	1920

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	MAGMATIC SEGREGATION, CU-NI SULFIDES
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Structure:

LAYERING: FINE-GRAINED CONTACT PHASE, SERP., PYROXENITE, GABBO; SHEAR ZONES; ORE FOLDED, OPEN SYNCLINE PLUNGING GENTLY SW GIVING ACCURATE FORM TO ORE ZONE

References

MRDS	M045575
DEP	60000954
Reference	{Age:: Richard J. Walkera, John W. Morgana, Eero J. Hanskib and Valery F. Smolkin, 1997, Re-Os systematics of early proterozoic ferropicrites, Pechenga Complex, northwestern Russia: Evidence for ancient 187Os-enriched plumes: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta v. 61, no. 15, p. 3145-3160.}{Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 62}{Deposit:: SHIMKIN, D.B., 1953, MINERALS, A KEY TO SOVIET POWER, CAMBRIDGE, MASS, HARVARD UNIV. PRESS, P. 452}{Deposit:: SMIRNOV, V.I., ED, 1974, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR, VOL. 3, IZDATELSTVO NEDRA, MOSCOW.}{Deposit:: HAALAPA, P.S., 1969, FERROSCANDIAN ORE DEPOSITS, IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS, A SYMPOSIUM, THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY PUBLISHING CO., PP. 262-275}