Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hammaslahti Deposit (Lähdekorpi Deposit), Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2150

mindat Locality ID: 13132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13132.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hammaslahti Deposit (Lähdekorpi Deposit), Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°27'44"N
Longitude: 30°1'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.462222222222,30.03

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2150	2150	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2150	2150	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2150	2150	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2150	2150	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2150	2150	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2150	2150	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2150	2150	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2150	2150	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2150	2150	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2150	2150	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2150	2150	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2150	2150	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2150	2150	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2150	2150	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2150	2150	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2150	2150	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2150	2150	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2150	2150	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2150	2150	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2150	2150	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2150	2150	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2150	2150	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2150	2150	978
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2150	2150	2562

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
	vms-00473	2150	2150	Proterozoic										S	13132	Hammaslahti Deposit (Lähdekorpi Deposit), Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland	Hammaslahti	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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