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Locality Name:
Rämepuro, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2858
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2683

mindat Locality ID: 17059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rämepuro, Ilomantsi, 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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote
Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetradymite Titanite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2858	2683	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2858	2683	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2858	2683	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2858	2683	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2858	2683	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2858	2683	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2858	2683	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2783	2773	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	2858	2683	104
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2858	2683	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2858	2683	1271
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2858	2683	451
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2803	2760	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2858	2683	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2858	2683	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2858	2683	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2858	2683	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2858	2683	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2858	2683	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2858	2683	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2858	2683	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2858	2683	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2858	2683	4899

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00241	2782	2760	2771±11	Re-Os		molybdenite	FN95-KV1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	39862	Kivisuo Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kivisuo	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329
Mo-00242	2803	2781	2792±11	Re-Os		molybdenite	FN95-KV1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	39862	Kivisuo Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kivisuo	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329
Kristen002258	2783	2773	2783-2773	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo, Au	204074	Kuittila Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kuittilai Mo-Au Prospect	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00409	2784	2762	2773±11	Re-Os		molybdenite	FN93-KU1	Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	204074	Kuittila Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kuittila	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329
Mo-00410	2794	2772	2783±11	Re-Os		molybdenite	FN95-KU1	Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	204074	Kuittila Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kuittila	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329
Mo-00484	2805	2749	2777±28	Re-Os		pyrite	FN93-KU1	Yes	Pyrite	Pyrite	Mo	204074	Kuittila Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kuittila	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329
Mo-00485	2858	2802	2830±28	Re-Os		pyrite	FN93-KU1	Yes	Pyrite	Pyrite	Mo	204074	Kuittila Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kuittila	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329
Mo-00486	2737	2683	2710±27	Re-Os		pyrite	FN93-KU1	Yes	Pyrite	Pyrite	Mo	204074	Kuittila Prospect, Ilomantsi, North Karelia, Finland	Kuittila	Stein et al. (1998)	10.1007/s001260050153	MD33_329

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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