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Locality Name:
Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 9702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°24'50"N
Longitude: 25°8'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.413888888889,25.142222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerdesinskiiteBerthieriteBerylBournoniteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCubaniteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite
UllmanniteValleriiteWurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berdesinskiite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Celsian  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Coulsonite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hessite  (*)Karelianite  (*)Kyzylkumite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nisbite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Shcherbinaite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vuorelainenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb25005410363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS250054109052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2500541011547
Berdesinskiite  (*)BerdesinskiiteV3+2TiO5250054107
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S425005410343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi250054101966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1125005410843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3250054101089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb25005410175
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)25005410100
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22500541027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18250054101008
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O42500541016
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S325005410802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6250054104135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2250054109895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2250054109617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O425005410445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2500541024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2500541030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC250054102812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS25005410170
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te25005410804
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O32500541017
Kyzylkumite  (*)NoneTi2V3+O5(OH)250054103
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42500541014899
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S2425005410158
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2250054105800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs25005410633
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb22500541020
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2250054102273
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3250054101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22500541039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8250054109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22500541061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2250054105614
Shcherbinaite  (*)NoneV2O5250054107
Silver  (*)CopperAg250054105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2500541021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS425005410668
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS42500541048
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13250054101803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13250054105317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2250054102562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS25005410293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2250054102718
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]25005410237
Vuorelainenite  (*)SpinelMn2+V3+2O4250054109


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
BGSF378_128_0001193019101920 ± 10U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositLahtinen (1994) BGSF378_128 
BGSF76_31_00011930.51885.51908 ± 22.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositRoberts (2004) BSGSF76_31 
GSFM_Fennoscandia_00011930.51885.51908 ± 22.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti DepositLundquist (1996) GSFM_Fennoscandia 
MD25_50-00001186018601860  titanite   Titanite  9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihanti mineVaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)10.1007/BF03326383MD25_50 
vms-004822500541Proterozoic        9702Vihanti Deposit (Lampinsaari Deposit; Isoaho Deposit), Raahe, North Ostrobothnia, FinlandVihantiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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