Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Varislahti Deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1959
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1884

mindat Locality ID: 1658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varislahti Deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Cubanite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Wurtzite

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: As Co Cu Fe Ni Pd Pt S Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co Cu Fe Ni Pd Pt S Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Cubanite Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Wurtzite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1959	1884	27198
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1959	1884	82
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1959	1884	802
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1959	1884	155
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1959	1884	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1959	1884	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1959	1884	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1959	1884	337

2 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
	Cr-00004	1959	1884	1950	U-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon	Chromite	Cr	16491	Outokumpu Cu-Zn Deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland		Peltonen et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.07.002	OGR33_559	charlene listed error as 5/
	Cr-00005	1908	1884		U-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon	Chromium-dravite, Chromite, Eskolaite, Uvarovite	Cr	16491	Outokumpu Cu-Zn Deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland		Peltonen et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.07.002	OGR33_559	charlene listed error as 25/

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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