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Locality Name:
Rauhala Deposit, Ylivieska, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1880
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1880

mindat Locality ID: 9697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9697.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rauhala Deposit, Ylivieska, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°3'28"N
Longitude: 24°47'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.057777777778,24.789722222222

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.

Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Allargentum ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nisbite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Löllingite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1880	1880	69
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1880	1880	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1880	1880	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1880	1880	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1880	1880	843
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1880	1880	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1880	1880	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1880	1880	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1880	1880	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1880	1880	4165
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1880	1880	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1880	1880	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1880	1880	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1880	1880	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1880	1880	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1880	1880	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1880	1880	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1880	1880	5433
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1880	1880	82
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1880	1880	451
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1880	1880	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1880	1880	17380
Nisbite ()*	Löllingite	NiSb₂	1880	1880	20
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1880	1880	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1880	1880	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1880	1880	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1880	1880	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1880	1880	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1880	1880	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1880	1880	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1880	1880	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00198	1880	1880	1880											9697	Rauhala Deposit, Ylivieska, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Rauhala	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	vms-00481	1880	1880	Early Proterozoic										S	9697	Rauhala Deposit, Ylivieska, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Rauhala	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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