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Locality Name:
Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2254
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1976.9

mindat Locality ID: 265692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°33'0"N
Longitude: 33°36'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.55,33.614166666667

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: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Na O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparIsomertieiteMelonite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StillwateriteTitaniteUllmannite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)Atokite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Isomertieite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Mertieite-II  (*)Microcline  (*)Moncheite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Palarstanide  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Paolovite  (*)Mertieite-I  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vincentite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)22541976.908803
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As322541976.9031
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn22541976.9029
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422541976.905516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S422541976.90101
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S422541976.90154
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe22541976.90281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS22541976.90966
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS22541976.90124
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)22541976.908173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS22541976.9024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu22541976.9030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te22541976.90804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS22541976.90119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O322541976.905433
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As222541976.9048
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)22541976.90116
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S422541976.90249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O422541976.9014899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe222541976.90155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.522541976.9044
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)22541976.904924
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)222541976.90133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)222541976.9017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se22541976.90192
Palarstanide  (*)StillwateritePd5(Sn,As)222541976.9013
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As22541976.9037
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn22541976.9038
Mertieite-I  (*)NonePd5+x(Sb,As)2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)22541976.909
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222541976.9039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S822541976.909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222541976.9061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs222541976.90337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS22541976.9021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O22541976.904899
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As22541976.9017
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS22541976.9053
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)22541976.901025



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0048225421182186 ± 68Sm-NdAge of intrusion (gabbro-diorite)      265692Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, RussiaKoykarsko-SvyatnavolokskyFilippov et al. (2007) GMK10_49 
Alexandra-00491989.91976.91983.4 ± 6.5U-PbAge of intrusionzirconКС 166.01  Zircon  265692Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, RussiaKoykarsko-SvyatnavolokskyFilippov et al. (2007) GMK10_49 


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