Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lemmenjoki, Inari, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 252219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lemmenjoki, Inari, Lapland, Finland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jäkälä-Äytsi Creek
Miessijoki River
Puskuoja

Latitude: 68°49'15"N
Longitude: 26°20'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.820833333333,26.341388888889

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Isomertieite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Spinel	Stillwaterite	Tapiolite	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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Nb Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Cu Fe O Pb Pt Ta V W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Fluorite Garnet Iron Isomertieite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Monazite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Spinel Stillwaterite Tapiolite Wurtzite Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atokite ()*	Bismite ()*
Braggite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cobaltarthurite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cooperite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iron ()*
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kitagohaite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Laurite ()*	Luberoite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Miessiite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osarsite ()*
Palladseite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ruarsite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stillwaterite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*
Thorianite ()*	Törnroosite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vincentite ()*
Vysotskite ()*	Xingzhongite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	49717,49719	2353
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1	49718	31
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49718	9052
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	1	49718	29
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	49719	214
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2	49718,49719	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49719	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	49718,49719	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49718	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49718	3902
Cobaltarthurite ()*	Arthurite	CoFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	49719	5
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	49718	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	49719	518
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	49718	124
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	49721	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	49718	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	49717	2970
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄	1	49718	31
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	1	49718	34
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	49718	110
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	49717,49719	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	49719	196
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49718	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	49717,49718,49719,49721	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49719	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	49717,49718,49719,49721	14640
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	1	49718	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	49717,49718,49719	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	49718	154
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	49717,49719	1089
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	3	49717,49718,49719	128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1	49718	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1	49718	40
Kitagohaite ()*	None	Pt₇Cu	0		3
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	49718	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	49718	226
Luberoite ()*	None	Pt₅Se₄	1	49718	3
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	49717,49718,49719,49721	14899
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1	49718	44
Miessiite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Te₂Se₂	1	49718	1
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	49718	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	49717,49719	945
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	49718	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49721	17380
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	1	49718	16
Palladseite ()*	None	Pd₁₇Se₁₅	1	49718	6
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	49718	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49718	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	49718,49719	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49718	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49717	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49718	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	49718,49719	61156
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	1	49718	25
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1	49718	34
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	49717,49718	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	3	49717,49718,49719	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	49718	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	49718	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1	49718	24
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	49717	703
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	49719	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	49719	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	0		88
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	2	49718,49719	236
Törnroosite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁As₂Te₂	1	49718	4
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	49718	2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	0		605
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	1	49718	17
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	1	49718	53
Xingzhongite ()*	Spinel	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	1	49718	7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	49717,49718,49719	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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