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Locality Name:
Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1900

mindat Locality ID: 233843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Järvenpää
Kuru
Lavajärvi (Lava; Pässärinvuori; Lepomäki)
Viljakkala
Ylöjärvi Cu-W Mine

Latitude: 61°46'27"N
Longitude: 23°30'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.774166666667,23.512222222222

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
CopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteValleriiteWurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Sternbergite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe150041489
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb150041363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS19001900450041,50044,50046,500479052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb215004173
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1900190015004611547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1500471966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11150041843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31500411089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1900190015004627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21500475171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219001900450041,50044,50046,5004727198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS19001900150046966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18190019001500461008
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S319001900250046,50047802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)190019001500468173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19001900350041,50046,5004724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS19001900150046131
Gold  (*)CopperAu19001900350041,50044,5004630554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS150041170
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te19001900250041,50046804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O319001900250046,500475433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14150041784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2150047762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)150047451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419001900250046,5004714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21500475674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2150047252
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1500434924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS219001900350043,50046,500475800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO319001900150046140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215004117380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS19001900150046767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219001900450041,50044,50046,5004739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S819001900450041,50044,50046,500479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2350041,50043,5004461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21500415614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)19001900250046,500474894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1500475186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19001900450041,50044,50046,5004721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4150047668
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S315004762
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te319001900150046276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131500411803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131500415317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O190019001500464899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1500471044
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS150041293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21500472718
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]19001900150046237



1 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
vms-0047419001900Proterozoic       S12053Haveri Mine, Viljakkala, Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, FinlandHaveriMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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