Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pyhäjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 39644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyhäjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mullikkoräme
Pyhäsalmi Mine

Latitude: 63°40'59"N
Longitude: 25°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.683055555556,25.983333333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Coronadite	Covellite	Diaspore	Garnet	Geocronite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Seligmannite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Coronadite Covellite Diaspore Garnet Geocronite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2500	541	1	49940	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	1	49940	718
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	2500	541	1	49940	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	1	49940	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	541	2	49939,49940	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2500	541	1	49940	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2500	541	1	49940	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2500	541	1	49940	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	1	49940	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2500	541	1	49940	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	2	49939,49940	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2500	541	2	49939,49940	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2500	541	1	49940	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	1	49940	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	2	49939,49940	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2500	541	1	49940	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	1	49940	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2500	541	1	49940	804
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	2500	541	1	49940	105
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	2	49939,49940	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	541	1	49940	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2500	541	1	49940	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	1	49940	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	2	49939,49940	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2500	541	1	49939	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	2	49939,49940	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	2	49939,49940	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	2	49939,49940	61156
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	2500	541	1	49940	37
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	2500	541	1	49940	64
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2500	541	1	49940	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2500	541	1	49940	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	2	49939,49940	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	2	49939,49940	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2500	541	1	49940	276

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00480	2500	541	Proterozoic											13126	Pyhäsalmi Mine, Pyhäjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Pyhasalmi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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