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Locality Name:
Kostomuksha Fe Deposit, Kostomuksha, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 195570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kostomuksha Fe Deposit, Kostomuksha, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kostomuksha Au Prospect

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetradymiteTitanite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211034043419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11034048803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11034049052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2110340473
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11034041966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110340427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11034048173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110340424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110340430554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21103404223
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311034045433
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21103404762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi110340488
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211034045674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11034044924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211034045800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110340417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110340439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811034049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110340461156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211034045614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11034044894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110340421482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11034044899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211034042562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1103404100


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