Hitura Nickel Deposit

Producer in Finland with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039056
MRDS ID M046586
Record type Site
Current site name Hitura Nickel Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 25.00304, 63.93185 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 KM N. OF MAKOLA NI DEPOSIT 92 KM EAST OF KOKKOLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Finland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Finland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Gersdorffite Ore
Graphite Ore
Hessite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Niccolite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Antigorite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES OF PT METALS: SERPENTINITES, PT .03 G/TON, PD .043 G/TON, RH .010 G/TON
Result PERIDOTITE ZONE, PT .073 G/TON, PD .14 G/TON, RH .008 G/TON
Result AVG. FOR ULTRAMAFIC BODY , PT .027 G/TON, PD .048 G/TON, RH .009 G/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 25.00304, 63.93185

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Svecokarelidic Folded Region

Ore body information

  • General form TUBE - LIKE VERTICAL BODY
    Plunge VERTICAL
    Length 400M
    Width 276M
    Depth to bottom 500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Geological Survey Of Finland

Mining district

District name Kotalahti Nickel Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Outokumpu Oy

Comments on the production information

  • 1974 OPEN PIT ENLARGED FOR ANNUAL EXTRACTION 300000 TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED TO DEPTH OF 500 METERS, SIZE INCLUDES DISSEMINATED ZONES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAKLI, ET AL., 1975, SEG PLATINUM SYMPOSIUM, DENVER COLO., P. 12

  • Deposit

    PAPUNEN, 1970, ANN. ACAD. SCI. FENNILAE, SER. A., II, 109, 74 P.

  • Deposit

    KAHMA, 1973, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINLAND, BULL. 265, 28 P.

  • Deposit

    HAKLI, HANNINEN, VUORELAINEN, PAPUNEN 1976, MINERALSIN THE HITURA NICKEL DEPOSIT, FINLAND; ECON. GEOL. V.7, NO.7

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOPHYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINLAND

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL OUTOKUMPU CO.

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINLAND

  • Production

    2=KAHMA (1973), 3 & 4=PAPUNEN (1970)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAPS AND SECTIONS GIVEN BY PAPUNEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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