Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kittilä, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 9523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kittilä, Lapland, Finland": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Ahvenjärvi Gold Occurrence (Isomaa)
Hirvilavanmaa (Hirvilavaanma)
Immeljärvi
Iso-Kuotko Gold Prospects
Jolhikko Gold Occurrence (Hanhilampi 1-3)
Kätkätunturi
Kettukuusikko Gold Occurrence (Lälleävuoma; Päivänenä; And Ruostenenä)
Kittilä Gold Mine (Suurikuusikko Mine; Rouravaara; Korkeakuusikko; Vuomajärvi)
Kutuvuoma
Levijärvi-Loukinen Deposit
Paaraskalla
Pahtavuoma (Pahtavuoma-U)
Porkonen-Pahtavaara
Ruoppapalo
Saattopora
Sirkka Kaivos
Soretialehto
Soretiavuoma N
Tuongankuusikko

Latitude: 67°50'54"N
Longitude: 25°4'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.848333333333,25.075555555556

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	Bismutite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Kornerupine	Marcasite
Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Wavellite	Zircon

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Iron Kornerupine Marcasite
Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Wavellite Zircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorwavellite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Greigite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Lead ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Ullmannite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	49739,49749,49750	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	14	49733,49734,49738,49739,49740,49741,49742,49747,49748,49749,49750,49751,49752,49753	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	11	49732,49733,49735,49736,49739,49740,49746,49749,49750,49751,49752	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49745	718
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2	49741,49750	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	12	49735,49739,49741,49742,49743,49746,49748,49749,49750,49751,49752,49753	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	49738	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	3	49735,49739,49741	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	49741,49749,49752	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	49749	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	49734,49739	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	49739	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	49733,49734,49739,49742,49746,49747,49749,49750,49751,49752	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	49741	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	49734,49739	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	49733,49734,49735,49738,49739,49740,49741,49742,49744,49746,49747,49749,49750,49751,49752	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	49733,49738,49739	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	49734	281
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49745	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	3	49746,49749,49750	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1	49746	82
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	49745	1797
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	49752	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	12	49733,49735,49738,49739,49740,49743,49747,49749,49750,49751,49752,49753	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	49739,49750	8173
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O	0		26
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	49733,49735,49738,49739,49741,49746,49751,49752	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	49742	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49747	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19	49732,49733,49734,49735,49736,49738,49739,49740,49741,49742,49743,49744,49746,49748,49749,49750,49751,49752,49753	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	9	49739,49740,49742,49743,49746,49747,49749,49750,49751	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49747	61
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	49747	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	49733,49737,49738,49742,49747	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2	49734,49741	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	49733,49741,49746,49750	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	49733	1089
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	49745	68
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	49741	192
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2	49746,49750	451
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49745	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	4	49733,49750,49751,49752	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	49733,49738,49746,49747	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	49739	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49746	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	49739	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	49751,49752	1066
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49747	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	49732,49741,49746	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	49732,49734,49739,49740,49741,49742,49743,49745,49748,49749,49750,49751,49752,49753	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	49734	192
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	49746,49749	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	8	49738,49739,49741,49742,49746,49749,49750,49751	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	5	49741,49742,49746,49749,49750	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	49732,49733,49735,49736,49738,49739,49740,49741,49742,49743,49744,49746,49747,49748,49749,49750,49751,49752,49753	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	12	49735,49736,49739,49740,49741,49742,49744,49746,49747,49749,49750,49752	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	49732,49733,49734,49735,49736,49737,49738,49739,49740,49741,49742,49743,49744,49746,49747,49748,49749,49750,49751,49752,49753	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	49733,49738,49739,49741,49749,49750,49751,49753	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	49745	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	49738,49751,49752	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	49739,49747,49750	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	49733,49746	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	49735,49739,49741,49742,49746,49750	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	49739	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	49747	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	49749	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	7	49733,49738,49743,49749,49750,49751,49752	3337
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	1	49739	35
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	49733,49738,49739	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	49739,49747,49750	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2	49741,49751	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	49746,49749	2718
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	49751	106
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	3	49741,49750,49752	380
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	49737	374
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	49739	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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