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Juomasuo, Kuusamo, Oulun (Oulu) Lääni, Finland

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Gold prospect 37 km N of Kuusamo.
The largest known gold deposit in the Palaeoproterozoic Kuusamo Schist Belt. It has been test mined, is under feasibility study by Polar Mining Oy, and presently (November 2006) has an in situ resource estimated as 3360 kg gold and 1550 t cobalt. The deposit is also enriched in Ag, Cu, Mo, Ni, REE and U.



References:
http://en.gtk.fi/ExplorationFinland/Commodities/Gold/juomasuo.html
Vanhanen, Erkki 2001. Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Fe-Co-Au-(U) deposits in the Paleoproterozoic Kuusamo Schist Belt, northeastern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 399. 228 pages
http://arkisto.gtk.fi/abs/tr153abs.html





Mineral List:
  		•  Altaite
    PbTe
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Calaverite
    AuTe
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Clausthalite
    PbSe
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Cobaltite
    CoAsS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Cobaltpentlandite
    (Co,Ni,Fe)
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Frohbergite
    FeTe
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Kawazulite
    Bi
     
    2
    		Te
     
    2
    		Se
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Linnaeite
    Co
    2+
     
    		Co
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Mattagamite
    CoTe
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Melonite
    NiTe
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: []
  		•  Rucklidgeite
    (Bi,Pb)
     
    3
    		Te
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Sericite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Tellurobismuthite
    Bi
     
    2
    		Te
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]


    24 entries listed. 22 valid minerals.

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