Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lukkulaisvaara Ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara Pluton; Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka Plutonic Complex, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2443.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2440.1

mindat Locality ID: 4432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4432.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lukkulaisvaara Ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara Pluton; Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka Plutonic Complex, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nadezhda PGM Deposit
Vostok Deposit

Latitude: 66°18'32"N
Longitude: 31°0'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.308888888889,31.005277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Isomertieite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stillwaterite	Talc	Titanite	Ullmannite
Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Re Rh S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Re S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Auricupride Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Isomertieite Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stillwaterite Talc Titanite Ullmannite
Zircon

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Argentopentlandite ()*	Atokite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bornite ()*
Braggite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isomertieite ()*
Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Lukkulaisvaaraite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majakite ()*	Melonite ()*	Menshikovite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oulankaite ()*
Palladoarsenide ()*	Paolovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rustenburgite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sopcheite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*
Taimyrite-I ()*	Talc ()*	Tarkianite ()*	Telargpalite ()*	Telluropalladinite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Violarite ()*
Vysotskite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2443.9	2440.1	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2443.9	2440.1	0		1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		718
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	67
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	29
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2443.9	2440.1	0		2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		238
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2443.9	2440.1	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2443.9	2440.1	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2443.9	2440.1	2	103416,103417	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2443.9	2440.1	0		577
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2443.9	2440.1	0		203
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2443.9	2440.1	0		1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	966
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2443.9	2440.1	0		1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2443.9	2440.1	0		4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		327
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2443.9	2440.1	0		944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2443.9	2440.1	0		8173
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2443.9	2440.1	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2443.9	2440.1	0		14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2443.9	2440.1	0		407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	119
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	2443.9	2440.1	0		27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2443.9	2440.1	0		5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	154
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	2443.9	2440.1	0		40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2443.9	2440.1	2	103416,103417	116
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	249
Lukkulaisvaaraite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pd₁₄Ag₂Te₉	2443.9	2440.1	0		2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	2443.9	2440.1	0		22
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		207
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		17380
Oulankaite ()*	None	Pd₅Cu₄SnTe₂S₂	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	3
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	2443.9	2440.1	0		37
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	38
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	767
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2443.9	2440.1	2	103416,103417	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2443.9	2440.1	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		61156
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	34
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2443.9	2440.1	0		5186
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	44
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	978
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2443.9	2440.1	0		24
Taimyrite-I ()*	None	(Pd,Pt)₉Cu₃Sn₄	2443.9	2440.1	0		11
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		3337
Tarkianite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)₄S₈	2443.9	2440.1	0		6
Telargpalite ()*	None	(Pd,Ag)₃Te	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	18
Telluropalladinite ()*	None	Pd₉Te₄	2443.9	2440.1	0		15
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2443.9	2440.1	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	0		73
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	48
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2443.9	2440.1	1	103417	380
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	2443.9	2440.1	0		53
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2443.9	2440.1	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2443.9	2440.1	0		1025
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	2443.9	2440.1	1	103416	32

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00064	2443.9	2440.1		U-Pb								Molybdenite, Tarkianite	Mo	4432	Lukkulaisvaara Ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara Pluton; Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka Plutonic Complex, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia		Glebovitsky et al. (2001)	10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.607	TCM39_607

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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