Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Taivalkoski, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 286312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taivalkoski, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mustavaara

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Valleriite

Augite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Marcasite Millerite None Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Talc Valleriite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	49949	2060
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	49949	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49949	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49949	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49949	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49949	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	49949	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49949	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49949	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	49949	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49949	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	49949	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49949	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49949	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49949	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49949	3337
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	49949	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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