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Locality Name:
Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 233824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233824.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Laivakangas-N (Näädänmaa; Näädänmalmi)
Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit)

Latitude: 64°28'38"N
Longitude: 24°51'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.477222222222,24.862777777778
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca K Mg O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerdesinskiiteBerthieriteBerylBournoniteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMarcasite
MeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSapphirineScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmannite
ValleriiteWurtziteZircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berdesinskiite  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Celsian  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Coulsonite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)Karelianite  (*)Kyzylkumite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nisbite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sapphirine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Shcherbinaite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vuorelainenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)250054101588
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2500541149945363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2500541249944,499459052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)250054114994511547
Berdesinskiite  (*)BerdesinskiiteV3+2TiO525005411499457
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S42500541149945343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2500541249944,499451966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112500541149945843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS325005411499451089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb2500541149945175
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)2500541149945100
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22500541249944,4994527198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1825005411499451008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3250054101797
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O4250054114994516
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32500541249944,49945802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62500541249944,499454135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225005411499459895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O1825005410231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1499448173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF225005411499459617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42500541149945445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS250054114994524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2500541249944,4994530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC25005411499452812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS2500541149945170
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3149944104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2500541149945804
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O3250054114994517
Kyzylkumite  (*)NoneTi2V3+O5(OH)25005411499453
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2149944762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250054114994514899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi14994488
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21499445674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S242500541149945158
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)250054104924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22500541249944,499455800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2500541149945633
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb2250054114994520
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)225005411499452273
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS325005411499451425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22500541249944,4994539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82500541249944,499459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22500541249944,4994561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO225005411499455614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]25005410129
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1499444894
Shcherbinaite  (*)NoneV2O525005411499457
Silver  (*)CopperAg25005411499455186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2500541249944,4994521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42500541149945668
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4250054114994548
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1325005411499451803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1325005411499455317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1860186004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)225005411499452562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2500541149945293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO225005411499452718
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2500541149945237
Vuorelainenite  (*)SpinelMn2+V3+2O425005411499459
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1930.51885.505251


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
BGSF378_128_0001193019101920 ± 10U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositLahtinen (1994) BGSF378_128 
BGSF76_31_00011930.51885.51908 ± 22.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositRoberts (2004) BSGSF76_31 
GSFM_Fennoscandia_00011930.51885.51908 ± 22.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositLundquist (1996) GSFM_Fennoscandia 
MD25_50-00001186018601860  titanite   Titanite  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti mineVaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)10.1007/BF03326383MD25_50 
vms-004822500541Proterozoic        9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihantiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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