page_title: Siilinjärvi carbonatite
hierarchical_section_title: Siilinjärvi carbonatite
caption_attribution_description: English: Särkijärvi pit in Siilinjärvi apatite mine.
context_page_description: The Siilinjärvi carbonatite complex is in Central Finland near to Kuopio. It is named after the village it is next to, Siilinjärvi. It is a carbonatite mine. The complex is about 16 kilometres long. The place was discovered in 1950 by the Geological Survey of Finland. They began mining it in 1958. It is the second-largest carbonatite complex in Finland. The Sokli mine is the biggest.
context_section_description: The Siilinjärvi carbonatite complex is in Central Finland near to Kuopio. It is named after the village it is next to, Siilinjärvi. It is a carbonatite mine. The complex is about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) long. The place was discovered in 1950 by the Geological Survey of Finland. They began mining it in 1958. It is the second-largest carbonatite complex in Finland. The Sokli mine is the biggest.
caption: The Särkijärvi main pit seen from the south in April 2016
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