Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kotalahti, Leppävirta, Northern Savonia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1883
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1860

mindat Locality ID: 253736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kotalahti, Leppävirta, Northern Savonia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°34'49"N
Longitude: 27°36'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.580277777778,27.609444444444

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Garnet	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*
Tschermakite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Corundum Garnet Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1883	1860	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1883	1860	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1883	1860	27198
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	327
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1883	1860	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1883	1860	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1883	1860	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1883	1860	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1883	1860	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1883	1860	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1883	1860	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1883	1860	9056
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1883	1860	1044
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	73
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1883	1860	212

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_693	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

2 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
	EG105_1057_019	1880	1860	1880-1860										Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	253736	Kotalahti, Leppävirta, Northern Savonia, Finland	Kotalahti	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Michelle_693	1883	1883	1883		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	253736	Kotalahti, Leppävirta, Northern Savonia, Finland	Kotalahti	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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