Rautuvaara

Producer in Lappi, Finland with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158459
MAS/MILS ID 4050350001
Record type Site
Current site name Rautuvaara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.68331, 66.60854 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lappi(province)

Finland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Finland Lappi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.68331, 66.60854

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Rautaruukki Oy
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 12500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 12500000mt ore
    Total resources 12500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 47 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING P225; UNITED NATIONS

  • Deposit

    Y OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, NEW YORK 1970 P 275

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EMPLOYS 121 MINE & CONCENTRATOR, CAVING, OPEN 1975, FULL CAP 977, CONCENTRATOR-EXTRACTION METHOD-MAGNETIC SEPARATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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