Luikonlahti, Finland

Past Producer in Finland with commodities Copper, Nickel, Cobalt

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10079589
MRDS ID	W029626
Record type	Site
Current site name	Luikonlahti, Finland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	28.58617, 62.9151 (WGS84)
Relative position	20 KM NW OUKOPUMPU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Finland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Finland

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary
Nickel Critical	Primary
Cobalt Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Pentlandite	Ore
Pyrrhotite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	28.58617, 62.9151	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1957
Year of first production	1968

Mining district

District name	Outopumpu

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Myllykoski Paperitehdas Oy (Former)Malmikaivos Oy

Type	Owner
Owner	Myllykoski Paperitehdas Oy (Former)Malmikaivos Oy

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W029626

Bibliographic references

Deposit

B.G.R., FEB. 1977, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, ROHSTOFFE ZUR STAHLVEREDLUNG IN FINNLAND, NORWEGEN, SCHWEDEN
Production

B.G.R., FEB. 1977

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE LUIKONLATI DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE NW OF THE OUTOKUMPU DISTRICT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1977	Saam, Henning G.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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