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Locality Name:
Virtasalmi Copper Mine, Pieksämäki, Southern Savonia, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 263726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virtasalmi Copper Mine, Pieksämäki, Southern Savonia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As B C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As B C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCubaniteGarnetLudwigiteMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S40249
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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