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Locality Name:
Kitka River Valley, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 10244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10244.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitka River Valley, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°15'16"N
Longitude: 29°25'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.254444444444,29.427777777778

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.

Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Löllingite	Marcasite	Melonite
Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur
Tetradymite	Wilkmanite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cattierite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Ferroselite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Kitkaite ()*	Kullerudite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Mäkinenite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Paraguanajuatite ()*	Penroseite ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sederholmite ()*
Selenium ()*	Siegenite ()*	Trüstedtite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Wilkmanite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Te Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Te Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Löllingite Marcasite Melonite
Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Sulphur
Tetradymite Wilkmanite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2100	1800	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2100	1800	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2100	1800	2162
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2100	1800	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2100	1800	27770
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	2100	1800	30
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2100	1800	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2100	1800	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2100	1800	4165
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	2100	1800	51
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2100	1800	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2100	1800	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2100	1800	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2100	1800	5433
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	2100	1800	198
Kitkaite ()*	Melonite	NiTeSe	2100	1800	1
Kullerudite ()*	Marcasite	NiSe₂	2100	1800	3
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2100	1800	249
Mäkinenite ()*	Millerite	NiSe	2100	1800	2
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2100	1800	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2100	1800	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2100	1800	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2100	1800	5800
Paraguanajuatite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Se₃	2100	1800	9
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	2100	1800	14
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	2100	1800	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2100	1800	39462
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2100	1800	233
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2100	1800	5614
Sederholmite ()*	Nickeline	NiSe	2100	1800	1
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	2100	1800	143
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2100	1800	249
Trüstedtite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂Se₄	2100	1800	4
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	2100	1800	106
Wilkmanite ()*	Wilkmanite	Ni₃Se₄	2100	1800	1

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
	Emily000539	1900	1800			mineralization					Yes			sulfides	10223	Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Kuusamo district	Pankka et al. (1992)	10.1016/0301-9268(92)90126-9	PR58_387
	Kristen002033	2100	1900								Yes				9701	Juomasuo, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Juomasuo	Gaál and Sundblad (1990)	10.1007/BF00205257	MD25_S104

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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