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Locality Name:
Viljakkala, Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1900

mindat Locality ID: 281183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viljakkala, Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Haveri Mine

Latitude: 61°42'36"N
Longitude: 23°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.71,23.25

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubanite
EpidoteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite
TitaniteValleriiteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS190019001500469052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1900190015004611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1900190015004627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21900190015004627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS19001900150046966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18190019001500461008
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S319001900150046802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)190019001500468173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1900190015004624243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS19001900150046131
Gold  (*)CopperAu1900190015004630554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te19001900150046804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3190019001500465433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41900190015004614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2190019001500465800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO319001900150046140
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS19001900150046767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21900190015004639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8190019001500469056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)190019001500464894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1900190015004621482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te319001900150046276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O190019001500464899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]19001900150046237



1 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
vms-0047419001900Proterozoic       S12053Haveri Mine, Viljakkala, Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, FinlandHaveriMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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