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Locality Name:
Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

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

mindat Locality ID: 19222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hitura Nickel Mine
Sarjankylä

Latitude: 63°56'28"N
Longitude: 25°4'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.941111111111,25.071666666667

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	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Epidote	Fluorite	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iridarsenite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tarkianite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite
Epidote Fluorite Löllingite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Ullmannite Valleriite Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1879	1875	1	49933	489
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1879	1875	1	49933	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	49934	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1879	1875	1	49933	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	49934	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1879	1875	1	49933	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1879	1875	1	49933	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1879	1875	2	49933,49934	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1879	1875	1	49933	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1879	1875	1	49933	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1879	1875	1	49933	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1879	1875	1	49933	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	49934	8173
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1879	1875	1	49933	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1879	1875	2	49933,49934	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1879	1875	2	49933,49934	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1879	1875	1	49933	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1879	1875	1	49933	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1879	1875	1	49933	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1879	1875	1	49933	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1879	1875	1	49933	154
Iridarsenite ()*	None	IrAs₂	1879	1875	1	49933	13
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	49934	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1879	1875	2	49933,49934	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1879	1875	1	49933	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1879	1875	1	49933	161
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1879	1875	1	49933	114
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1879	1875	1	49933	633
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1879	1875	1	49933	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1879	1875	1	49933	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1879	1875	1	49933	2273
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1879	1875	1	49933	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1879	1875	2	49933,49934	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1879	1875	2	49933,49934	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	49934	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	49934	4894
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1879	1875	1	49933	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	49934	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1879	1875	1	49933	3337
Tarkianite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)₄S₈	1877	1877	1	49933	6
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1879	1875	1	49933	276
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1879	1875	1	49933	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1879	1875	1	49933	2718
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1879	1875	1	49933	237

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_692	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

2 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
	Michelle_692	1879	1875	>1877±2		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	18674	Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Hitura	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See 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-00161	1877	1877		U-Pb								Tarkianite	Mo	18674	Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland		Kojonen et al. (2004)	10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.539	TCM42_539

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060388	Hitura Nickel Mine, Nivala, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	https://rruff.info/R060388

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