Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Elijärvi Mine (Kemi Mine), Keminmaa, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 9527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elijärvi Mine (Kemi Mine), Keminmaa, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°47'2"N
Longitude: 24°42'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.783888888889,24.711111111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Melonite	Mica
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc
Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Laurite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Osmium ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Melonite Mica
Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc
Ullmannite

28 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	110
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	154
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Osmium ()*	None	Os	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	212

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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