Komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in Finland: Their characterization, PGE content, and petrogenesis

Komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in Finland: Their characterization, PGE content, and petrogenesis

Creator: 

Konnunaho, Jukka

Subject: 

komatiite
nickel ores
copper ores
platinum ores
greenstone belts
mineral exploration
Finland

Publisher: 

Geological Survey of Finland

Date: 

Monday, February 1, 2016

Type: 

report
text
map
image

Format: 

text/pdf

Identifier: 

ISBN 978-952-217-343-0 (paperback) ISBN 978-952-217-344-7 (PDF version without articles)

Source: 

http://tupa.gtk.fi/julkaisu/erikoisjulkaisu/ej_092.pdf

Language: 

English

Rights: 

© 2016 Geological Survey of Finland

Coverage: 

Description: 

Komatiite-hosted sulfide deposits are an important source of base and precious metals globally. This Ph.D. thesis comprises a synopsis and four original papers dealing with komatiite-hosted Archean and Paleoproterozoic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits in Finland, focusing on their geological, mineralogical, and lithogeochemical characterization, PGE content, and petrogenesis. In Finland, no significant komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-PGE deposits have so far been discovered, although several small, low-grade deposits occur in Archean and Paleoproterozoic greenstone belts in eastern and northern Finland. Some of the studied deposits, which are associated with low-Mg komatiite to komatiitic basalt magmatism, are substantially enriched in PGE. The occurrence of komatiitic rocks with a clear signal of assimilation of external sulfur, their similarity with ore-bearing komatiitic rocks worldwide, and the discovered mineralization demonstrate that Finnish komatiitic rocks, and the mafic-ultramafic magmatism in general, have considerable exploration potential for Ni-Cu-PGE ores, as shown by the recently discovered Sakatti Cu-Ni-PGE deposit in Central Lapland. This thesis deepens our understanding of the Finnish deposits, and the results can be utilized in mineral exploration.