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Locality Name:
Kylylahti Mine, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1959
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1884

mindat Locality ID: 193054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kylylahti Mine, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°50'58"N
Longitude: 29°20'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.849444444444,29.336666666667

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 As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumFluoriteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4195918840708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19591884027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219591884027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS195918840966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S819591884082
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19591884024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu19591884030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1959188402812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31959188405433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419591884014899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81959188401512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219591884039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81959188409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219591884061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21959188405614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4195918840249
Silver  (*)CopperAg1959188405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19591884021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21959188403337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1959188404899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21959188402562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21959188402718



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
Cr-00004195918841950U-Pb zircon  YesZirconChromiteCr16491Outokumpu Cu-Zn Deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland Peltonen et al. (2008)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.07.002OGR33_559charlene listed error as 5/
Cr-0000519081884 U-Pb zircon  YesZirconChromium-dravite, Chromite, Eskolaite, UvaroviteCr16491Outokumpu Cu-Zn Deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au Ore Field, North Karelia, Finland Peltonen et al. (2008)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.07.002OGR33_559charlene listed error as 25/


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