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Locality Name:
Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1879
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1875

mindat Locality ID: 18674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°50'48"N
Longitude: 25°2'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.846666666667,25.04
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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Re Rh S Se Si Sn Te Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt Re Rh S Se Si Sn Te Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteFluoriteMica
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSpinelTalcTetradymite
UllmanniteValleriiteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridarsenite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Parkerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Talc  (*)Tarkianite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe187918750489
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4187918750708
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1879187501966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18791875027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21879187505171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218791875027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41879187503902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe187918750281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS187918750966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3187918750802
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi218791875062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18791875024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18791875030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1879187502812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te187918750804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS187918750119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31879187505433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS187918750154
Iridarsenite  (*)NoneIrAs218791875013
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)187918750451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418791875014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8187918750161
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe187918750114
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs187918750633
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S218791875055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81879187501512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21879187502273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te318791875057
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218791875039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81879187509056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2187918750337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21879187503337
Tarkianite  (*)None (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S81877187706
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3187918750276
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1879187501044
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21879187502718
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]187918750237


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_692Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


2 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
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 

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

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