Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2058
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1538

mindat Locality ID: 7039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°33'0"N
Longitude: 31°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.55,31.5

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Cubanite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Humite
Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

Berborite ()*	Bromellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinobehoite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cubanite ()*	Danalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluorvesuvianite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hambergite ()*
Helvine ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schoenfliesite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Cubanite Diaspore Fluorite Humite
Löllingite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Berborite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)·H₂O	1538	1538	11
Bromellite ()*	None	BeO	1538	1538	9
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2004	1538	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2004	1538	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2004	1538	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	2004	1538	285
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1538	1538	321
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2004	1538	951
Clinobehoite ()*	None	Be(OH)₂	1538	1538	4
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2004	1538	1756
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2004	1538	802
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1538	1538	58
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2004	1538	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2004	1538	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2004	1538	9617
Fluorvesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	Ca₁₉(Al,Mg)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄O(F,OH)₉	2004	1538	1
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2004	1974	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2004	1538	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2004	1538	30554
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	1538	1538	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1538	1538	237
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2004	1538	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2004	1538	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2004	1538	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2004	1538	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2004	1538	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2004	1538	4894
Schoenfliesite ()*	Perovskite	MgSn(OH)₆	2004	1538	10
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2004	1538	92
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2004	1538	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2004	1538	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2004	1538	1395

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample 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
PR51_265-00007	2058	2058	2058	Pb-Pb		galena	A 871	Yes	Galena			251014	Hopunvaara Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Hopunvaara	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
Be-00027	1538	1538	1538		high					Berborite, Clinobehoite, Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S	Be	7039	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia		Stein et al. (2003)	10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00269-2	GCA67_3673
PR51_265-00010	2004	2004	2004	Pb-Pb		galena	6745		Galena			7039	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Lupikko	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00011	2004	2004	2004	Pb-Pb		galena	6746		Galena			7039	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Lupikko	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00012	1974	1974	1974	Pb-Pb		galena	A 868		Galena			7039	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Lupikko	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070226	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070226

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