Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Juomasuo, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 9701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9701.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Juomasuo, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°17'19"N
Longitude: 29°11'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.288611111111,29.199444444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel
Tetradymite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kawazulite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mattagamite ()*	Melonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Te Ti U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Te Ti U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite Melonite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel
Tetradymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2100	1900	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2100	1900	489
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2100	1900	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2100	1900	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2100	1900	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2100	1900	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	2100	1900	82
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2100	1900	9895
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	2100	1900	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2100	1900	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2100	1900	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2100	1900	5433
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se	2100	1900	32
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2100	1900	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2100	1900	14899
Mattagamite ()*	Marcasite	CoTe₂	2100	1900	7
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2100	1900	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2100	1900	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2100	1900	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2100	1900	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2100	1900	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2100	1900	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	2100	1900	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2100	1900	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2100	1900	4894
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2100	1900	276
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2100	1900	2718

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
	Emily000539	1900	1800			mineralization					Yes			sulfides	10223	Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Kuusamo district	Pankka et al. (1992)	10.1016/0301-9268(92)90126-9	PR58_387
	Kristen002033	2100	1900												9701	Juomasuo, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Juomasuo	Gaál and Sundblad (1990)	10.1007/BF00205257	MD25_S104

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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