Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Somero, Southwest Finland, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1820
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1790

mindat Locality ID: 233841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Somero, Southwest Finland, Finland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Faaraonhauta
Luolamäki
Penikoja (Kaitasuo)
Riukka Prospect
Satulinmäki Prospect
Tupala Deposit

Latitude: 60°41'7"N
Longitude: 23°27'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.685277777778,23.458055555556

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.

Alluaudite	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Geocronite	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Analcime ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurostibite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Breithauptite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinosafflorite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*
Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rubicline ()*
Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Willyamite ()*

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 B Be Bi Ca Co Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb Rb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite
Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Gadolinite Geocronite Löllingite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Ullmannite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	50195,50196	8803
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃			1	50195	94
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	50195	1627
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1820	1790	1	50198	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1820	1790	1	50198	73
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	50194	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			3	50194,50195,50196	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	1966
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1820	1790	1	50198	175
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	50195,50196	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	27198
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1820	1790	1	50198	21
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈			1	50194	181
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	50199	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	50199	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	50195	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	50194	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1820	1790	3	50197,50198,50199	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1820	1790	1	50198	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1820	1790	1	50198	170
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1820	1790	1	50197	104
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1820	1790	1	50197	804
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)			1	50194	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	5433
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1820	1790	1	50198	105
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	86
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	50195	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1820	1790	1	50197	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1820	1790	1	50198	88
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	50195	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	50195	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀			1	50195	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O			1	50195	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1820	1790	3	50197,50198,50199	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1820	1790	2	50197,50199	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	50195,50196,50199	61156
Rubicline ()*	Feldspar	Rb(AlSi₃O₈)			1	50195	6
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1820	1790	2	50196,50197	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1820	1790	1	50198	317
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	50196	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1820	1790	2	50197,50198	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	50195	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	50199	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1820	1790	2	50197,50199	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	50195,50196	688
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	50199	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1820	1790	1	50198	293
Willyamite ()*	Cobaltite	CoSbS	1820	1790	1	50198	25

1 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
	Kristen002406	1820	1790			gold mineralization								Au	250922	Satulinmäki Prospect, Somero, Southwest Finland, Finland	Riukka and Satulinmaki Gold Prospects	Saalmann et al. (2009)	10.1016/j.precamres.2009.06.005	PR174_53

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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