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Pyhasalmi Mine

Producer in Finland with commodities Copper, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039373
MRDS ID M047036
Record type Site
Current site name Pyhasalmi Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 25.05132, 63.65684 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Finland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Finland

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED IN THE NW PART OF THE MAIN SULFIDE ORE BELT. COORDINATES APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Corundum Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Svecokarelidic Schist;M Precamb Vihanti Formation
    Rock description Svecokarelidic Schist;M Precamb Vihanti Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 25.05132, 63.65684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Svecokarelidic Folded Region

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Main Sulfide Ore Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name Kotalahti Nickel Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Outokumpu Oy

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PYHASALMI IS ONE OF TWO MINES IN FINLAND WHICH HAVE ENOUGH RESERVES TO SECURE CONTINUITY OF MINING PRODUCTION FOR LONGER THAN 10 YEARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SUBLEVEL CAVING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 12/78 , FINLAND: MEETING THE CHALLENGE: MINING MAGAZINE, P. 565 - 585

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND THERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED CU-ZN-PB MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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