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Locality Name:
Pihtipudas, Central Finland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 233832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pihtipudas, Central Finland, Finland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kanalanmäki Area
Ritovuori
Ritovuori (Sarvilampi)

Latitude: 63°19'45"N
Longitude: 25°57'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.329166666667,25.961944444444

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
EpidoteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTitaniteTourmalineWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schapbachite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS249633,496369052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb214963373
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi249633,496361966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14963627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2249633,4963627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1496364165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3249633,49636802
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)149635648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1496368173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14963624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu249633,4963630554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS149636717
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te149633804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31496365433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S14963386
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2249633,49636762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4249633,4963614899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi14963388
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2249633,496365674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2149633252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21496335800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214963617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214963639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8249633,496369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2249635,4963661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21496365614
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S14963314
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1496364894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS249633,4963621482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1496364899



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