Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 16439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 65
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Haapajärvi
Haapavesi
Ii
Kalajoki
Kuivaniemi
Kuusamo
Nivala
Pudasjärvi
Pyhäjärvi
Pyhäntä
Raahe
Sievi
Taivalkoski
Ylivieska

Latitude: 64°33'40"N
Longitude: 25°45'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.561111111111,25.756666666667

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt REE Re Rh S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAllargentumAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamite
BaryteBastnäsiteBerdesinskiiteBerthieriteBerylBournoniteBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteCancrinite
Cancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteCubaniteDiamondDiasporeDigeniteDumortieriteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGeocroniteIronLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeneghinite
MicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupParisitePectolite
PentlanditePerovskitePseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineScapolite
ScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStauroliteStibniteStilpnomelane
SulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteUllmanniteValleriiteWilkmaniteWollastonite
WurtziteZircon

196 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allargentum  (*)
Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Berdesinskiite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bijvoetite-(Y)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Coulsonite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferroselite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hibbingite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Iridarsenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jaipurite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Joséite-B  (*)Karelianite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Kinoshitalite  (*)Kitkaite  (*)Kullerudite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Kyzylkumite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Loveringite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mäkinenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Mattagamite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nioboaeschynite-(Y)  (*)Nisbite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paragonite  (*)Paraguanajuatite  (*)
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Penroseite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Richetite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)
Schwertmannite  (*)Sederholmite  (*)Selenium  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Shcherbinaite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tarkianite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Trüstedtite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Volynskite  (*)Vuorelainenite  (*)Wilkmanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
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)221001800649893,49904,49905,49907,49924,499363419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O621001800149909286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)210018001749895,49907,49908,49909,49910,49911,49913,49914,49915,49924,49925,49926,49928,49929,49930,49931,499428803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)21001800349909,49936,49942706
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)1880188014995269
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32500541349915,49924,499402353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe21001800749907,49911,49913,49914,49930,49933,49937489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O210018001499091627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2210018001499132162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)25005411499431588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)221001800549903,49904,49905,49914,499303092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22500541149940718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)418791875149933708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2500541249897,49945363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs2500541149940379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25005411649889,49891,49892,49893,49897,49899,49901,49903,49904,49934,49940,49944,49945,49947,49951,499529052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61499492060
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2349891,49893,4989773
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2500541349939,49940,4994511547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F19501800249936,49942304
Berdesinskiite  (*)BerdesinskiiteV3+2TiO525005411499457
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S42500541149945343
Bijvoetite-(Y)  (*)NoneY8(UO2)16O8(CO3)16(OH)8·39H2O210018001499083
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2500541949889,49891,49893,49899,49915,49933,49944,49945,499521966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S321001800249891,499151935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425005411149889,49891,49899,49901,49905,49924,49930,49934,49937,49940,499525516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112500541249945,49952843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32500541249940,499451089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O621001800149913248
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb2500541149945175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)625005411499401633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe221001800449907,49911,49914,49930361
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)14994246
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25005411449903,49913,49915,49916,49919,49921,49924,49925,49926,49933,49936,49937,49940,4994227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O21001800149909232
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO218801875249933,499525171
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS221001800249906,4991330
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)2500541149945100
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2500541649899,49900,49905,49940,49949,499525707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225005413249889,49891,49893,49895,49897,49900,49901,49903,49904,49905,49907,49908,49909,49911,49912,49913,49914,49915,49924,49926,49928,49929,49930,49933,49934,49937,49939,49940,49944,49945,49949,4995227198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)221001800549907,49914,49924,49929,49930376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O421001800949903,49904,49905,49916,49917,49918,49922,49933,499373902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe21001800649906,49911,49913,49930,49933,49937281
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1498951025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS21001800949899,49907,49911,49912,49914,49915,49924,49933,49937966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S821001800949903,49907,49908,49911,49914,49915,49924,49929,4993082
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O621001800249931,49942518
Copper  (*)CopperCu188018801499523846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182500541449939,49940,49943,499451008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32500541249942,499431797
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O4250054114994516
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2500541949891,49900,49913,49924,49930,49937,49940,49949,499524165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32500541549899,49900,49933,49944,49945802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2249904,49905327
Diamond  (*)DiamondC21001800249916,49918697
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1498991027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62500541449897,49936,49944,499454135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225005411249903,49904,49905,49911,49914,49915,49924,49929,49930,49936,49940,499459895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182500541149943231
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)18801880149952180
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)219501800149936160
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2149891246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)210018001549893,49895,49897,49904,49905,49909,49914,49915,49924,49930,49934,49937,49944,49949,499528173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O621001800249931,49942414
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)21001800249907,49915551
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4149942196
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe221001800249906,4991351
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F21001800349895,49909,499372740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF225005411499459617
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe221001800249907,4991140
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi21879187514993362
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42500541149945445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25005411449905,49907,49911,49913,49914,49930,49933,49934,49937,49939,49940,49942,49945,4995224243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS149899131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2500541249940,499527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu25005413049889,49891,49892,49893,49897,49899,49901,49903,49904,49905,49907,49908,49911,49912,49913,49914,49915,49924,49926,49928,49929,49930,49933,49934,49940,49944,49945,49947,49951,4995230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2500541449889,49905,49933,499452812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS2500541449891,49897,49945,49952170
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te321001800349891,49915,49944104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3210018001149891,49893,49899,49906,49907,49913,49914,49927,49930,49942,4995214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2500541749891,49893,49905,49933,49937,49940,49945804
Hibbingite  (*)AtacamiteFe2+2(OH)3Cl2100180014990613
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS18791875149933119
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4149900142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3210018002349889,49891,49893,49895,49897,49899,49903,49904,49905,49909,49911,49913,49915,49916,49919,49921,49924,49930,49933,49937,49942,49949,499525433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS18791875149933154
Iridarsenite  (*)NoneIrAs21879187514993313
Iron  (*)IronFe210018001499241089
Jaipurite  (*)NickelineCoS210018001499156
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S232500541149940105
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S14989186
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O3250054114994517
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O21001800149913198
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se2100190014991132
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS41880188014995282
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)221001800349916,49919,4992120
Kitkaite  (*)MeloniteNiTeSe21001800249906,499131
Kullerudite  (*)MarcasiteNiSe221001800249906,499133
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4210018001499151507
Kyzylkumite  (*)NoneTi2V3+O5(OH)25005411499453
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S421001800449906,49911,49913,49915249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs218501850749889,49891,49893,49897,49901,49934,49944762
Loveringite  (*)Crichtonite(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O381499379
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)21001800549915,49933,49934,49949,49952451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425005412349889,49891,49895,49907,49909,49911,49912,49914,49915,49916,49917,49922,49924,49929,49930,49933,49936,49937,49939,49940,49942,49945,4994914899
Mäkinenite  (*)MilleriteNiSe21001800249906,499132
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214990012537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi21001800349891,49915,4994488
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS225005411149889,49891,49893,49900,49901,49913,49930,49940,49944,49949,499525674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl149937139
Mattagamite  (*)MarcasiteCoTe2210019001499117
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As818791875149933161
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2500541149940915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe221001800649906,49907,49911,49913,49930,49937207
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S242500541149945158
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2149937155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe18791875249933,49937114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2500541349889,49915,499434924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS21001800349913,49937,499491066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS225005411449889,49893,49900,49906,49907,49911,49913,49914,49915,49924,49930,49940,49944,499455800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)21001800149931945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225005412149893,49895,49897,49903,49904,49905,49907,49908,49910,49911,49912,49914,49915,49924,49925,49926,49928,49930,49939,49940,4995217380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O210018001499091236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)21001800149909884
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2500541249933,49945633
Nioboaeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,REE,Ca,Th,Fe)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2(O,OH)61499426
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb22500541249945,4995220
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)210018001499092349
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)221001800149914247
Paraguanajuatite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Se3210018001499139
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2149942112
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S21879187514993355
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)21001800149909363
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se221001800249906,4991314
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S821001800649895,49903,49924,49933,49937,499491512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO321001800349916,49919,49921495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)225005411049909,49916,49917,49919,49921,49922,49933,49936,49939,499452273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te31879187514993357
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S421001800349906,49913,49949131
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5149937164
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS325005411499451425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225005413449889,49891,49893,49899,49900,49903,49904,49905,49906,49907,49908,49909,49910,49911,49912,49913,49914,49915,49924,49925,49926,49928,49929,49930,49933,49934,49936,49937,49939,49940,49944,49945,49949,4995239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2210018001499273106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)321001800149918341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825005413249889,49893,49895,49897,49899,49900,49901,49903,49904,49906,49907,49908,49909,49910,49911,49912,49914,49915,49924,49925,49926,49928,49929,49930,49933,49934,49937,49939,49940,49944,49945,499529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225005413249889,49892,49893,49895,49897,49901,49903,49904,49905,49907,49910,49911,49914,49915,49924,49925,49926,49927,49928,49929,49930,49931,49934,49937,49939,49940,49944,49945,49947,49949,49951,4995261156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs221001800149913233
Richetite  (*)None(Fe3+,Mg)xPb2+8.6(UO2)36O36(OH)24·41H2O210018001499087
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)219501800149936148
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te42100190014991164
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO225005411749889,49893,49895,49897,49903,49907,49911,49913,49914,49915,49924,49925,49929,49930,49937,49945,499525614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O19501800149936301
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]2500541149943129
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)21001800949889,49897,49907,49911,49914,49915,49924,49934,499444894
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O122100180014990954
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O250054114994037
Sederholmite  (*)NickelineNiSe21001800249906,499131
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe21001800249906,49913143
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3250054114994064
Shcherbinaite  (*)NoneV2O525005411499457
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)195018001499366417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S421001800149913249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO525005411499401516
Silver  (*)CopperAg2500541449937,49940,49945,499525186
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl21001800149909444
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs218791875249933,49937337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25005411549889,49891,49893,49899,49900,49903,49905,49934,49937,49939,49940,49944,49945,49949,4995221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O421001800649916,49917,49919,49921,49922,499231934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42500541349889,49945,49952668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)21001800249915,49924978
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O149895456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS210018001499072045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4250054114994548
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)225005411249895,49904,49905,49907,49914,49924,49929,49930,49933,49939,49940,499493337
Tarkianite  (*)None (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8187718771499336
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe21001800149907190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te32500541649911,49914,49930,49933,49937,49940276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132500541249899,499451803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132500541349891,49945,499525317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)210018001499311006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O210018001049893,49895,49897,49899,49904,49905,49909,49915,49942,499434899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)225005411049893,49895,49904,49905,49907,49914,49924,49930,49936,499452562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS187918751499331044
Trüstedtite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2Se421001800249906,499134
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2500541249897,49945293
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO421001800349916,49917,49922120
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22500541949907,49911,49914,49924,49926,49929,49930,49933,499452718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS221001800249906,49913106
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2500541349933,49945,49949237
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4149937380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe214993764
Vuorelainenite  (*)SpinelMn2+V3+2O425005411499459
Wilkmanite  (*)WilkmaniteNi3Se421001800249906,499131
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3210018001499091247
Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2Si2O714994225
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)21001800749895,49909,49915,49931,49936,49942,499435251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001068MAGMATIC STYLE: Does not outcrop. Drilling and aeromagnetics appear to indicate a 2 km long body from 30 to 60 m wide. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Glimmerite and olivine-magnetite rock (phoscorite?)
Michelle_692Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


14 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
PorphCu-00042185018501850      Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Gold, Lollingite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, SphaleriteCu12054Kopsa, Haapajärvi, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandKopsaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Emily00053919001800  mineralization     sulfides10223Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandKuusamo districtPankka et al. (1992)10.1016/0301-9268(92)90126-9PR58_387 
Kristen00203321001900         9701Juomasuo, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandJuomasuoGaál and Sundblad (1990)10.1007/BF00205257MD25_S104 
Michelle_69218791875>1877±2 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu18674Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandHituraHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
Mo-0016118771877 U-Pb     TarkianiteMo18674Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland Kojonen et al. (2004)10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.539TCM42_539 
Jen_0001068195018001875±75K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  265768Kortejärvi, Pudasjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandKortejärviWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
vms-004802500541Proterozoic        13126Pyhäsalmi Mine, Pyhäjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandPyhasalmiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
BGSF378_128_0001193019101920 ± 10U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositLahtinen (1994) BGSF378_128 
BGSF76_31_00011930.51885.51908 ± 22.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositRoberts (2004) BSGSF76_31 
GSFM_Fennoscandia_00011930.51885.51908 ± 22.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositLundquist (1996) GSFM_Fennoscandia 
MD25_50-00001186018601860  titanite   Titanite  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti mineVaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)10.1007/BF03326383MD25_50 
vms-004822500541Proterozoic        9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihantiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
sedznpb-00198188018801880        9697Rauhala Deposit, Ylivieska, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandRauhalaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
vms-0048118801880Early Proterozoic       S9697Rauhala Deposit, Ylivieska, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandRauhalaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060388Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finlandhttps://rruff.info/R060388


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