Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kuikkapuro Deposit, Suomussalmi, Kainuu, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 250879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuikkapuro Deposit, Suomussalmi, Kainuu, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°9'5"N
Longitude: 29°3'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.151388888889,29.054166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Löllingite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Titanite

Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Löllingite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Zincochromite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Covellite Epidote Löllingite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	75
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	35
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	100
Zincochromite ()*	Spinel	ZnCr₂O₄	11

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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