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Locality Name:
Kevitsansarvi (Keivitsansarvi), Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2060
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2000

mindat Locality ID: 298882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298882.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kevitsansarvi (Keivitsansarvi), Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE Mine

Latitude: 67°41'52"N
Longitude: 26°57'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.697777777778,26.965277777778
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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K La Mg Mo Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteCubaniteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMelonite
MicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteTalcTetradymiteTitaniteWurtziteZirconolite

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Frohbergite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Geversite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hongshiite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)
Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Laurite  (*)Loveringite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rustenburgite  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)
Talc  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)
Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2206020001498073419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe20602000149807489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS206020001498079052
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe20602000149807166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2206020001498075509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2060200014980711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4206020001498075516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S420602000149807101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22060200014980727198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl20602000149807203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4206020001498073902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)206020001498071025
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS20602000149807124
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS206020001498074165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S320602000149807802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)220602000149807327
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe2060200014980743
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)206020001498078173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS220602000149807110
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F206020001498072740
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe22060200014980740
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi22060200014980762
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2060200014980724243
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb22060200014980738
Gold  (*)CopperAu2060200014980730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC206020001498072812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)220602000149807223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O206020001498076890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S220602000149807205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32060200014980714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te20602000149807804
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu2060200014980727
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3206020001498075433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS20602000149807154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe20602000149807128
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te72060200014980740
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)20602000149807116
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS220602000149807226
Loveringite  (*)Crichtonite(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O38206020001498079
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)20602000149807451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42060200014980714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22060200014980712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2206020001498075674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe2060200014980723
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As820602000149807161
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe220602000149807207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe220602000149807155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.52060200014980744
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS206020001498071066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2206020001498075800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)220602000149807133
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs20602000149807633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS20602000149807767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8206020001498071512
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)22060200014980746
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2206020001498072273
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl2206020001498079
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22060200014980739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8206020001498079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22060200014980761156
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn2060200014980734
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi2060200014980744
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs220602000149807337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2060200014980721482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb22060200014980775
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2206020001498073337
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S162060200014980735
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te320602000149807276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O206020001498074899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2206020001498072562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS206020001498071044
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe20602000149807100
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2206020001498072718
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S420602000149807380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS2060200014980753
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O720602000149807140


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG105_1057_024Begg says Keivitsa is in Sweden, all signs point to it actually being in Finland


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
EG105_1057_024206020002060-2000       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru9547Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE Mine, Kevitsansarvi (Keivitsansarvi), Sodankylä, Lapland, FinlandKeivitsaBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 

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