Producer

Kotalahti Mine

Finland
NickelCopperPGE
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, PGE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss · Karelian;Karelian
Tectonic settingBaltic Prec Shield
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1959
Last production1983
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10024513
MRDS IDISM0237
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.57038, 27.61977
References
BUSCH, K., 1977, ROHSTOFFE ZUR STAHLVEREDLUNG IN FINLAND, NORWEGEN, SCHWEDEN: HANNOVER (GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC-), BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE.WORLD MINING, 1977, CONCENTRATORS OF OUTOKUMPU OY--THE NICKEL-COPPER FLOTATION MILLS: WORLD MINING, V. 30, NO. 13-, P. 45-47.OUTOKUMPU OY ANNUAL REPORTS, 1974, 1976-1981.ISOKANGAS, PAULI, 1978, FINLAND, IN BOWIE, S.H.U., KVALHEIM, A., AND HASLAM, M.J., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROP-E, VOLUME 1, NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MIN-ING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 39-92.GAAL, G., 1972, TECTONIC CONTROL OF SOME NI-CU DEPOSITS IN FINLAND: 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY CONGRESS, LONDON, -SECTION 4, P. 215-224.KHAMA, A., 1973, THE MAIN METALLOGENIC FEATURES OF FINLAND: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND, BULL. 265, P. 29.PAPUNEN, H., 1973, SULFIDE MINERALOGY OF THE KOTALAHTI AND HITURA NICKEL COPPER ORES: FINLAND ANNALES ACADEMIAE S-CIENTIARUM FINNICAE, P. 11-23.ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, [498] -P.ROSS, J.R., AND TRAVIS, G.A., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: ECONOMIC -GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1291-1329. (PC4, RR3)PA1-PA3: S3 (MAS) PC1-PC3: S3 (BGR); PC4: RF9, P. 1327