Ore Deposits, Magmatism and Precambrian Geology of Finland
Field Trip July 2014 — First Announcement and Prelimininary Program
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Field Excursion Module Mineral Resources 651-4036-00L, jointly organized with SEG Student
Chapter of ETH Zurich. In case of overbooking, precedence will be given to successful
participants of Ore Deposits I & II courses.
Date and duration: 14 days in the period 10. July to 29. July (depending on mine access)
Maximum number of participants: 24 (limited by mine visits and car transport)
Travel: direct flight to Helsinki (FINNAIR, 400 Fr return ticket), renting 3 minivans
Costs: ca. 1600 Fr per person in total, of which ETH will pay 40% for registered MSc and PhD
students; some additional funding from SEG, Data Metallogenica and Scandinavian industry
will be requested, so that total cost for students will hopefully be below CHF 800.
Definitive registration by 2. March through http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/education/excursions
CHF 400 deposit by 12. March, after confirmation of place.
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Program: Ore deposits of the Fennoscandian Shield (Finland, some at the Swedish border)
 Rapakivi granites + anortozites of southern Finland – decoration stones quarries
 Diamondiferous kimberlites – prospects, core
 Carbonatites - industrial minerals, phosphorus (Siilinjarvi open pit)
 Layered mafic intrusions – chromite (Kemi underground mine) and PGE + Ni
prospects of Lapland Greenstone belt
 Orogenic gold and non-traditional IOCG deposits – Kuusamo area test pits,
Suurikuussiko mine, Pahtavaara mine, Finnish Gold Line (Jokisivu and Orivesi mine),
Outokumpu Cu deposit (closed mine, museum)
 Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Zn, Pb, Cu deposits of Finnish Northwest (Pyhasalmi
underground mine and prospects)
 Fe-skarns of Pajala-Kolari district (Tapuli mine and several closed mines and
prospects)
 And couple of additional localities as surprise (such as The oldest rock of Europe,…)
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Additional activities planned:
 Visit to Helsinki University where introductory lecture to Scandinavian geology will
be organized
 Visit to drill core repository of GTK (Geological Survey of Finland) in Espoo – alkaline
rocks display (kimberlites)
 Visit to GTK office in Rovaniemi – lecture on aims and work of geological survey,
possible visit to drill core repository
 Core logging practical for students organized by Katerina + Dragon Mining Ltd in the
core repository in Outokumpu (geotechnical + petrological + analytical approach to
core description)
Organisation: Katerina Schlöglova & Christoph A. Heinrich, Fluids & Mineral Deposits Group
katerina.schloglova@erdw.ethz.ch heinrich@erdw.ethz.ch