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Locality Name:
Olkiluoto, Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1873
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1849

mindat Locality ID: 263228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Olkiluoto, Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°14'10"N
Longitude: 21°28'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.236111111111,21.482222222222

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Enargite	Löllingite	None	Pentlandite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Alloclasite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Petrukite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schapbachite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe In Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe In Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Enargite Löllingite None Pentlandite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Wurtzite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	1873	1849	56
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1873	1849	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1873	1849	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1873	1849	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1873	1849	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1873	1849	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1873	1849	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1873	1849	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1873	1849	24243
Petrukite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	(Cu,Ag)₂(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S₄	1873	1849	12
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1873	1849	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1873	1849	5614
Schapbachite ()*	Rocksalt	Ag_0.4Pb_0.2Bi_0.4S	1873	1849	14
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1873	1849	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1873	1849	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1873	1849	668
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1873	1849	939

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
PWR12_1-1	1869	1857	1863±6	207Pb/206Pb	zircon	A1819	Zircon	263228	Olkiluoto, Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland	Olkiluoto Study Site, Eurajoki, SW Finland	Mänttäri et al. (2006)	PWR12_1	p. 8, 10, fig. 4-2
PWR12_1-2	1873	1857	1865±8	Th/U	zircon	A1818	Zircon	263228	Olkiluoto, Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland	Olkiluoto Study Site, Eurajoki, SW Finland	Mänttäri et al. (2006)	PWR12_1	p. 11-12, fig. 4-4, 4-5
PWR12_1-3	1863	1849	1856±7	207Pb/206Pb	zircon	A1737B	Zircon	263228	Olkiluoto, Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland	Olkiluoto Study Site, Eurajoki, SW Finland	Mänttäri et al. (2006)	PWR12_1	p. 11, 13-14, fig. 4-7, 4-8

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