Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Suomussalmi, Kainuu, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 233829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suomussalmi, Kainuu, Finland": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Hietaharju Deposit
Juntusranta
Kauniinvaara
Kuikkapuro Deposit
Moukkori Deposit (Housuvaara 1)
Pahkalampi
Raatteenkylä
Seipelä

Latitude: 65°14'3"N
Longitude: 29°16'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.234166666667,29.281111111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickel ()*	Orcelite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Talc ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*	Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Zincochromite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49679,49683	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	4	49677,49681,49682,49683	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	49681	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	49681,49683,49685	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	49683	1966
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	49683	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	49677,49681,49682	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	49682	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	49677,49679,49680,49681,49682,49683	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	49677,49680	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	3	49677,49681,49683	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	49680	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49681	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	49677	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	49680	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	49681,49683	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	49679	663
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	1	49683	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	49679,49680,49681,49682,49683	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49682	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	49677,49679,49681,49682,49683	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	49680	205
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2	49682,49683	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	49677,49682,49683	5433
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	49681,49683	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	49677	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	49677,49680	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49680	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49682	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	49683	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49679	17380
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	49680	57
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	49680	36
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	49677	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49677	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	3	49681,49682,49683	409
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	49684	303
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	49679	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	49677,49679,49681,49682,49683	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	49677,49679,49681,49682,49683,49685	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	49679,49681,49682,49683,49685	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	49682,49683	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	49681,49683,49685	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	49677,49679,49681,49682,49683	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	49681	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49677	3337
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	1	49681	35
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2	49677,49683	276
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	49680	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	49681,49683	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49677	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	2	49681,49682	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	49677	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	2	49682,49683	64
Zincochromite ()*	Spinel	ZnCr₂O₄	1	49681	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	49683	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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