Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pahtavaara Au Mine, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 9524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pahtavaara Au Mine, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°37'49"N
Longitude: 26°24'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.630277777778,26.414444444444

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Melonite	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Talc
Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Se Si Te Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Se Si Te Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Melonite Millerite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Talc
Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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