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Locality Name:
Kainuu, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3011
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2750

mindat Locality ID: 305598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kainuu, Finland": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hyrynsalmi
Kajaani
Kuhmo
Paltamo
Sotkamo
Suomussalmi

Latitude: 64°25'50"N
Longitude: 28°17'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.430555555556,28.294444444444

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Bournonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hexahydrite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd S Sb Si Sn Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Bournonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hexahydrite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Wurtzite Zircon

105 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*
Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*
Corrensite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Danalite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Edenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Freieslebenite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickel ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Orcelite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Retgersite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*
Talnakhite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Uraninite ()*
Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Zincochromite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	49674	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	49651	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	49651	133
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			2	49672,49675	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	49651,49679,49683	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			4	49677,49681,49682,49683	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	49674,49681	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	49673	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	49662,49663,49668,49673	708
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	49674	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3011	2750	8	49656,49659,49664,49665,49674,49681,49683,49685	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	49651	304
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			3	49664,49674,49683	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	49664	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	49674	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	49683	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			11	49649,49651,49657,49663,49665,49667,49673,49674,49677,49681,49682	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS			1	49682	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			13	49654,49659,49664,49672,49673,49674,49675,49677,49679,49680,49681,49682,49683	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			5	49660,49662,49673,49677,49680	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49673	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			3	49657,49663,49667	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			3	49677,49681,49683	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	49651	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	49680	3846
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O			1	49649	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	49674,49681	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			2	49674,49677	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	49680	2970
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	49651	58
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	49660	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	49657,49663	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	49668,49673	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)			1	49674	180
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	49657,49667	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	49651,49654,49681,49683	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			1	49654	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	49651	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			3	49662,49667,49668	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			2	49674,49679	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃			1	49674	105
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂			1	49683	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			7	49659,49674,49679,49680,49681,49682,49683	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃			1	49663	70
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	49682	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3011	2750	9	49656,49664,49665,49674,49677,49679,49681,49682,49683	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			4	49659,49672,49673,49675	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS			1	49674	170
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	49680	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	49654,49662	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			2	49682,49683	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			7	49651,49654,49662,49673,49677,49682,49683	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49662	359
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			2	49681,49683	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	49677	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	49668,49673	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			7	49651,49654,49662,49668,49673,49677,49680	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	49680	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi			1	49664	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	49654,49682	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			1	49683	207
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	49674	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	49651	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	49651,49672,49675	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	49651	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	49673,49679	17380
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni			1	49680	57
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	49673	37
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)			1	49680	36
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	49677	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			5	49664,49672,49673,49675,49677	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			3	49681,49682,49683	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	49673	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			1	49684	303
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	49674,49679	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			13	49651,49654,49659,49664,49672,49673,49674,49675,49677,49679,49681,49682,49683	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	49660	341
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	49662	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			14	49654,49659,49664,49665,49672,49673,49674,49675,49677,49679,49681,49682,49683,49685	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3011	2750	12	49656,49659,49664,49665,49672,49673,49674,49679,49681,49682,49683,49685	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	49652	55
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	49651	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	49673,49682,49683	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			5	49659,49674,49681,49683,49685	4894
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄			1	49654	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	49674	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			10	49659,49664,49672,49674,49675,49677,49679,49681,49682,49683	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			2	49672,49675	668
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	49681	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	49673,49677	3337
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆			1	49681	35
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			2	49677,49683	276
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	49680	1101
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	49651	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	49651,49654,49681,49683	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			7	49662,49663,49672,49673,49674,49675,49677	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe			2	49681,49682	100
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			2	49672,49675	293
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄			1	49654	120
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	49675	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			3	49672,49675,49677	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			2	49682,49683	64
Zincochromite ()*	Spinel	ZnCr₂O₄			1	49681	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	49651,49683	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	49675	1025

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000393	2770	2750	2760±10	Re-Os	molybdenite	CT-376	Molybdenite	250878	Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland	Aittojarvi	Stein et al. (2001)	10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.x	TN13_479
Jen_0000394	2770	2752	2761±9	Re-Os	molybdenite	CT-377	Molybdenite	250878	Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland	Aittojarvi	Stein et al. (2001)	10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.x	TN13_479
Jen_0000395	3011	2989	3000±11	Re-Os	molybdenite	CT-374	Molybdenite	250878	Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland	Aittojarvi	Stein et al. (2001)	10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.x	TN13_479
Jen_0000396	2783	2763	2773±10	Re-Os	molybdenite	CT-375	Molybdenite	250878	Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland	Aittojarvi	Stein et al. (2001)	10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.x	TN13_479

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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