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Kotalahti Mine

Producer in Finland with commodities Nickel, Copper
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  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. Ore body information
  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 10106908
MRDS ID M047035
Record type Site
Current site name Kotalahti Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 26.60282, 62.19846 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Finland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Finland

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Kotalahti Formation
    Rock description Kotalahti Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 26.60282, 62.19846
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Main Sulfide Ore Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1959

Mining district

District name Kotalahti Nickel Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Outokumpu Oy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Saso, Jerri L. 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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