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Locality Name:
Ekojoki Ni-Cu Deposit, Vammala, Sastamala, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1890

mindat Locality ID: 56563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ekojoki Ni-Cu Deposit, Vammala, Sastamala, Pirkanmaa, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°20'38"N
Longitude: 23°1'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.343888888889,23.018611111111

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 As Au C Cu Fe Mo Ni Pb Re S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Cu Fe Mo Ni Pb Re S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksaltSphalerite
Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tarkianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218901890027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3189018900802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18901890024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18901890030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1890189002812
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)189018900451
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21890189005800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs189018900633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS189018900767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81890189001512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81890189009056
Silver  (*)CopperAg1890189005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18901890021482
Tarkianite  (*)None (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S81890189006



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
Mo-0027418901890 U-Pb low    Molybdenite, TarkianiteMo56563Ekojoki Ni-Cu Deposit, Vammala, Sastamala, Pirkanmaa, Finland Häkli et al. (1979); Peltonen et al. (1995)   


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