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Locality Name:
Southern Savonia, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 305609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Savonia, Finland": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Enonkoski
Heinävesi
Joroinen
Pieksämäki
Puumala
Rantasalmi
Savonlinna

Latitude: 62°5'5"N
Longitude: 28°28'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.084722222222,28.475833333333

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 B Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHalotrichiteLöllingite
LudwigiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTalc
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Antimony  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)21501363419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1501368803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31501311534
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb150136363
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S815013967
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS350136,50137,501399052
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F150133304
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1501361966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41501315516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11150136843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)350131,50136,5013927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2750124,50128,50131,50133,50134,50136,5013927198
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S815013982
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS250128,501364165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3250131,50136802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2150137327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6350131,50136,501394135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21501309895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)250128,50136180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1501368173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21501369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS350128,50134,5013624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1501337437
Gold  (*)CopperAu450128,50136,50137,5013930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1501242812
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3150136104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315012814640
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S315013654
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3550124,50128,50131,50134,501365433
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se15013632
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4250131,50139249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2250136,50139762
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)150131134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)250128,50131451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4550124,50128,50131,50133,5013414899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi15013688
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2250134,501365674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)250133,501364924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS250124,501311066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2450130,50131,50133,501365800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)150133945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2250133,5013617380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs150124633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS350124,50131,50134767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8450124,50131,50134,501391512
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O150128265
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te315013657
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)150136494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2650124,50128,50131,50133,50136,5013939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8550124,50131,50134,50136,501399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2550130,50131,50136,50137,5013961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2350124,50133,501365614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1501364894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51501361516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1501285186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS650124,50128,50131,50133,50136,5013921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4150136668
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21501393337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131501365317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O250131,501334899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21501392562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1501361044
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4150134380
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1501335251



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