Ivalo River

Prospect in Finland with commodities Platinum, Diamond, Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038979
MRDS ID M046476
Record type Site
Current site name Ivalo River
Alternate or previous names Avalo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.67025, 68.68189 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION PLOTTED AT IVALO, RIVER FLOW INTO LAKE INARI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Finland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Finland

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHERN PART OF LAPPLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Diamond Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY DERIVED FROM SERPENTINE ROCKS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.67025, 68.68189

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lappi Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLMAN, 1892, PT GROUP METALS: MIN. IND., P. 375

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. SER. NO. 13, P. 115

  • Deposit

    LUMB, 1920, THE PT METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON, P. 41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.