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Locality Name:
Sotkamo, Kainuu, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 16566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sotkamo, Kainuu, Finland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kuusilampi Deposit
Lahnaslampi Talc Deposit
Taivaljärvi
Talvivaara Sotkamo Mine (Kolmisoppi Deposit)

Latitude: 64°0'38"N
Longitude: 28°23'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.010555555556,28.397777777778

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Fluorite	Hexahydrite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Violarite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Fluorite Hexahydrite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Talc Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	49674	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2	49672,49675	312
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	49674	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49673	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49673	708
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	49674	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49674	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	49674	1966
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	49674	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	49673,49674	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	49672,49673,49674,49675	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49673	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49673	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49674	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	49674	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49673	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	49674	180
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	49674	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	49674	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49674	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49674	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	49672,49673,49675	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	49674	170
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49673	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	49673	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49673	14899
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	49674	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	49672,49675	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49673	17380
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	49673	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	49672,49673,49675	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	49673	2273
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	49674	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	49672,49673,49674,49675	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	49672,49673,49674,49675	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	49672,49673,49674	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	49673	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	49674	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	49674	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	49672,49674,49675	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2	49672,49675	668
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49673	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	49672,49673,49674,49675	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2	49672,49675	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	49675	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2	49672,49675	380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49675	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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