Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kalajoki, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 233827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kalajoki, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hirvikangas
Rautio
Sipilä (Rautio)

Latitude: 64°2'43"N
Longitude: 23°59'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.045277777778,23.989722222222

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Digenite	Epidote	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Digenite Epidote Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	49897	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	49897,49899,49901	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1	49897	73
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	49899	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	49899,49901	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	49899,49900	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	49897,49900,49901	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	49899	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49900	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	49899,49900	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	49899	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	49897	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49897	8173
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	49899	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	49897,49899,49901	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	49897	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49899	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	49900	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	49897,49899	5433
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	49897,49901	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49900	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	49900,49901	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	49900	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49897	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	49899,49900	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	49897,49899,49900,49901	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	49897,49901	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	49897	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	49897	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	49899,49900	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	49899	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	49897,49899	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	49897	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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