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Locality Name:
Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2150

mindat Locality ID: 211826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Eno
Hammaslahti Deposit (Lähdekorpi Deposit)
Hirvivaara
Kaunisniemi
Kurvisensuo
Lake Murtojärvi
Mulo
Otravaara Area (Kuusjärvi)
Valkeavaara
Viistola Graphite Project

Latitude: 62°26'51"N
Longitude: 30°9'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.4475,30.158611111111

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Staurolite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Staurolite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrihydrite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2150	2150	2	49844,49851	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			2	49845,49851	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2150	2150	1	49844	9052
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	49848	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2150	2150	4	49843,49844,49849,49851	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2150	2150	1	49844	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2150	2150	2	49843,49844	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	49845	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	49846	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	49840	566
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2150	2150	1	49844	802
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	49845	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	49851	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	49846	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2150	2150	3	49843,49844,49851	8173
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂			1	49848	86
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	49845	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2150	2150	1	49844	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2150	2150	2	49844,49850	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	49848,49849	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2150	2150	1	49844	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	49850,49852	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	49849	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2150	2150	4	49843,49844,49847,49851	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	49851	243
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	49850	65
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2150	2150	2	49844,49850	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	49849	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	49846	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49845	5591
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆			1	49840	63
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	49845	1507
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2150	2150	1	49844	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2150	2150	4	49844,49845,49846,49851	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	49850	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			2	49840,49843	388
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2150	2150	4	49840,49843,49844,49845	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49845	112
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	49850	1512
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	49851	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2150	2150	3	49843,49844,49850	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	49845	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2150	2150	2	49844,49850	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2150	2150	7	49840,49843,49844,49845,49846,49850,49851	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	49849	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2150	2150	2	49844,49845	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2150	2150	1	49844	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2150	2150	1	49844	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2150	2150	2	49844,49850	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2150	2150	3	49844,49845,49851	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	49843	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2150	2150	3	49844,49846,49851	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	49840	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			2	49840,49843	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	49846	5251

1 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
	vms-00473	2150	2150	Proterozoic										S	13132	Hammaslahti Deposit (Lähdekorpi Deposit), Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland	Hammaslahti	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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