Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Vostok Deposit, 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: 48412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48412.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vostok Deposit, Lukkulaisvaara Ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara Pluton; Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka Plutonic Complex, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Rh S Sb Si Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Rh S Sb Si Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCopperMeloniteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteSpinelUllmannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Paolovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Sobolevskite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Violarite  (*)
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)22443.92440.103419
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S82443.92440.1067
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22443.92440.1027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82443.92440.101756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2443.92440.10966
Gold  (*)CopperAu2443.92440.1030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2443.92440.10804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS2443.92440.10119
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)2443.92440.10116
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As32443.92440.1015
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe22443.92440.10155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe2443.92440.10114
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn2443.92440.1038
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2443.92440.10767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82443.92440.101512
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi2443.92440.1044
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te42443.92440.1024
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb22443.92440.1075
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S42443.92440.10380



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-000642443.92440.1 U-Pb    YesMolybdenite, TarkianiteMo4432Lukkulaisvaara 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.39.2.607TCM39_607 


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