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Locality Name:
Levijärvi-Loukinen Deposit, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 250884
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250884.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Levijärvi-Loukinen Deposit, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Levijärvi Lode
Loukenen Lode
Tienpää Lode

Latitude: 67°49'17"N
Longitude: 24°51'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.821388888889,24.864166666667
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Fe Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Sn Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcUllmannite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lead  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1497428803
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8067
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS249742,497439052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14974227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2249742,4974427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21497439895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS149742131
Gold  (*)CopperAu349742,49743,4974430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC249742,497432812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314974214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Lead  (*)CopperPb0192
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2249742,4974317380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS149742767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81497421512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2349742,49743,4974439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8249742,497449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2349742,49743,4974461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14974221482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21497433337
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


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