Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vammala, Sastamala, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1890

mindat Locality ID: 252688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vammala, Sastamala, Pirkanmaa, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ekojoki Ni-Cu Deposit
Stormi Mine

Latitude: 61°20'25"N
Longitude: 23°1'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.340277777778,23.028333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tarkianite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb Re S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite
Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Valleriite Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	50035	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1890	1890	2	50034,50035	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	50035	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1890	1890	2	50034,50035	802
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	50035	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1890	1890	1	50034	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1890	1890	2	50034,50035	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1890	1890	1	50034	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	50035	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1890	1890	2	50034,50035	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	50035	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1890	1890	1	50034	5800
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1890	1890	1	50034	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1890	1890	1	50034	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1890	1890	2	50034,50035	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1890	1890	2	50034,50035	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	50035	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1890	1890	1	50034	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1890	1890	1	50034	21482
Tarkianite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)₄S₈	1890	1890	1	50034	6
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]			1	50035	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	50035	380

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00274	1890	1890		U-Pb		low						Molybdenite, Tarkianite	Mo	56563	Ekojoki Ni-Cu Deposit, Vammala, Sastamala, Pirkanmaa, Finland		Häkli et al. (1979); Peltonen et al. (1995)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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