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Locality Name:
Törnävä Deposit, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1804
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 263633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Törnävä Deposit, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°45'36"N
Longitude: 22°50'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.76,22.843333333333
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: As Au Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumLöllingiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyriteScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb180418000363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1804180009052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4180418000343
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb180418000175
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218041800027198
Gold  (*)CopperAu18041800030554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS180418000170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318041800014640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14180418000784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2180418000762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21804180005674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218041800039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81804180009056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1804180004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18041800021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31804180003418


1 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
Bradley_2012_136180418001802±2U/Pb tapionite  Yes  1661Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandSeinäjokiMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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