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Locality Name:
Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2058
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1538

mindat Locality ID: 23027
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23027.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alattu-Pakula-Janis Ore Field
Jalonvaara Ore Field
lokiranta Dome
Nuolainiemi Pegmatite
Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District)
Uksu Village

Latitude: 61°49'49"N
Longitude: 31°1'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.830277777778,31.0225
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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Co Cu F Fe H In Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ta Te Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBismutite
BruciteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHulsite
HumiteIronJalpaiteKobelliteLöllingiteLudwigiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMeneghiniteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePavonitePentlanditePerovskitePertsevitePhenakite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStannoiditeStauroliteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteValleriite
VesuvianiteWurtziteZircon

146 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Altaite  (*)Aluminomagnesiohulsite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ángelaite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anilite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Ashoverite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bavenite  (*)Behoite  (*)Berborite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bityite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bromellite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervelleite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinobehoite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Danalite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eakerite  (*)Epidote  (*)Falkmanite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorvesuvianite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hulsite  (*)
Humite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Iron  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kotoite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Lead  (*)
Lindqvistite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Loranskite-(Y)  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Norbergite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pertsevite-(F)  (*)Petzite  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoenfliesite  (*)Selenium  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stokesite  (*)Stützite  (*)Suanite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Wickmanite  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2058197411033572793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22058197411033613419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)205819743103332,103335,1033578803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)205819741103344706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3205819742103362,1033632353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe205819742103338,103357489
Aluminomagnesiohulsite  (*)HulsiteMg2AlO2(BO3)2058205811033433
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52058197411033691310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3205819744103338,103352,103356,1033631534
Ángelaite  (*)KobelliteCu2AgPbBiS42058153811033383
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2058153811033382734
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S420581974110335788
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1103328363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS205819745103328,103331,103338,103342,1033439052
Ashoverite  (*)NoneZn(OH)22058153811033386
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62058197411033592060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)205819743103328,103335,10335911547
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)153815381103338255
Behoite  (*)CristobaliteBe(OH)215381538110333824
Berborite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)·H2O153815382103338,10334811
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2205819742103338,103339606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181538153811033384286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3205815381103338214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi205819743103338,103357,1033631966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32058153811033381935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)205815381103338716
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)215381538110333831
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4205819744103333,103338,103351,1033575516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111103328843
Bromellite  (*)NoneBeO153815382103338,1033489
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2205819742103343,103345462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)205815386103343,103348,103356,103357,103359,10336127770
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)220581538110333826
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22058153811103338,103341,103342,103343,103346,103348,103350,103351,103352,103356,1033635171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2058153811033384979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS20581538110333842
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S205819745103338,103341,103351,103356,1033575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22058153818103328,103331,103332,103333,103336,103338,103341,103343,103346,103348,103350,103351,103352,103356,103357,103361,103363,10337227198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2200415381103348285
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4153815382103338,103348321
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4200415381103348951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe205819741103357281
Clinobehoite  (*)NoneBe(OH)2153815382103338,1033484
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82004153811033481756
Copper  (*)CopperCu2058197411033573846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS205819743103338,103341,1033514165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3205815384103331,103338,103348,103357802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2058153811033382970
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S15381538110334858
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S205819742103341,1033511027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6205815386103343,103347,103348,103350,103361,1033634135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2205815384103338,103343,103348,1033619895
Eakerite  (*)NoneCa2Sn4+Al2Si6O18(OH)2·2H2O205819742103338,1033632
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)205819745103328,103333,103350,103359,1033618173
Falkmanite  (*)NonePb3Sb2S6110332817
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O205815381103338345
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3205815382103338,10337352
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2205815385103335,103341,103343,103348,1033719617
Fluorvesuvianite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19(Al,Mg)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4O(F,OH)92004153811033481
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2058197413103328,103331,103332,103333,103336,103338,103342,103343,103346,103348,103357,103361,10336324243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4205815381103338192
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S15381538110333860
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS205815381103338131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2004153811033487437
Gold  (*)CopperAu205815385103328,103331,103338,103348,10335730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC205819743103330,103361,1033622812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS205819741103357717
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1103328170
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)153815382103338,10334881
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3205819742103338,103357104
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S153815382103338,103348237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3205820582103338,10334314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te205819741103357804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)205815381103338469
Hulsite  (*)HulsiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)20581538110333815
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F220581538110333880
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3205819744103328,103333,103357,1033615433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr205819741103357162
Iron  (*)IronFe2058197411033571089
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2205815381103338116
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141103328784
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S20581974110335786
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)220581538110333820
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)320581974110335730
Lead  (*)CopperPb205819742103331,103357192
Lindqvistite  (*)NonePb2Mn2+Fe3+16O272058153811033383
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2205815383103338,103342,103348762
Loranskite-(Y)  (*)None(Y,Ce,Ca)(Zr,Ta)2O6 (?)2058197411033441
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)205815381103338134
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)NoneMg3BeAl8O1615381538110333818
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42058153814103328,103333,103338,103339,103342,103343,103346,103348,103350,103351,103356,103357,103363,10337214899
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)20581538110333840
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2205815382103328,1033385674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S241103328158
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11033374924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2205819746103328,103331,103334,103336,103338,1033635800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2205819747103331,103332,103333,103335,103337,103357,10336217380
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F220581538110333837
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2205819741103370313
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S520581538110333872
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82058153811033381512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO205819742103343,103345114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3205815381103338495
Pertsevite-(F)  (*)PertseviteMg2(BO3)F2058153811033388
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2205819741103357409
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)153815381103338326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22004153811033482273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te320581974110335757
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2205815381103338158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22058153816103328,103331,103332,103333,103336,103338,103341,103342,103346,103348,103351,103356,103357,103361,103363,10337239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8205815389103328,103331,103332,103333,103336,103338,103348,103356,1033579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22058197414103328,103331,103332,103333,103334,103335,103337,103338,103339,103343,103356,103359,103362,10336361156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2205820582103338,10334346
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te420581974110335764
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22058197411033575614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)205815387103331,103334,103335,103336,103338,103348,1033564894
Schoenfliesite  (*)PerovskiteMgSn(OH)6200415382103338,10334810
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe205819741103357143
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)220041538110334892
Silver  (*)CopperAg2058197411033575186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2004153811033482473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311033371214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2058153821103328,103331,103332,103333,103335,103336,103338,103339,103341,103342,103343,103346,103348,103350,103351,103352,103356,103357,103361,103363,10337221482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4205815381103338668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1220581538110333880
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)205819741103369978
Stokesite  (*)NoneCaSnSi3O9·2H2O20581538110333821
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)205819742103338,10335792
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O520581538110333816
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)20581538110333887
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe205819741103357190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3205819741103357276
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2058153811033381101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S205815381103338510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132058153811033385317
Tin  (*)NoneSn20581974110335763
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O205819742103328,1033614899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2205819743103347,103356,1033612562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe205819741103357100
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1103328293
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]205815381103338237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102004153811033481395
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe220581974110335764
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)6205819742103338,10335624
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF20581538110333826
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)205820582103328,1033435251


5 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
PR51_265-00007205820582058Pb-Pb galenaA 871  Galena  251014Hopunvaara Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, RussiaHopunvaaraSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 
Be-00027153815381538  high    Berborite, Clinobehoite, Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2SBe7039Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia Stein et al. (2003)10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00269-2GCA67_3673 
PR51_265-00010200420042004Pb-Pb galena6745  Galena  7039Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, RussiaLupikkoSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 
PR51_265-00011200420042004Pb-Pb galena6746  Galena  7039Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, RussiaLupikkoSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 
PR51_265-00012197419741974Pb-Pb galenaA 868  Galena  7039Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, RussiaLupikkoSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070324Impilakhti, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070324
R070226Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070226

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