Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leppävirta, Northern Savonia, Finland

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

mindat Locality ID: 263251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leppävirta, Northern Savonia, Finland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kotalahti
Rytky
Timola

Latitude: 62°34'17"N
Longitude: 27°37'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.571388888889,27.624722222222

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	Cobaltite	Corundum	Cubanite	Fluorite	Garnet	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetradymite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uvarovite ()*
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: Al As Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Corundum Cubanite Fluorite Garnet Millerite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Tetradymite Wurtzite

26 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	1	49970	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1883	1860	1	49970	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1883	1860	1	49970	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	49971	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	49971	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	49971	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	1	49970	327
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1883	1860	1	49970	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1883	1860	1	49970	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	49971	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	49971	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	49972	978
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	49971	276
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	1	49970	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1883	1860	2	49970,49971	1044
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1883	1860	1	49970	73
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	49971	2718
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1883	1860	1	49970	212
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	49971	380

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).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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