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Locality Name:
Keminmaa, Lapland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 309474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keminmaa, Lapland, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Elijärvi Mine (Kemi Mine)

Latitude: 65°47'1"N
Longitude: 24°42'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.783611111111,24.711111111111
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: Al As Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetMeloniteMica
MilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneRutileSerpentineSpinelTalc
Ullmannite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Laurite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Osmium  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
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)21497303419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1497308803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14973027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214973027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41497303902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4149730951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81497301756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61497304135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6149730944
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2149730110
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314973014640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS149730119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31497305433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS149730154
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2149730226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414973014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8149730161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1497301066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2149730133
Osmium  (*)NoneOs149730169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81497301512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21497302273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214973039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81497309056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21497305614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21497303337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21497302562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3149730212


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