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Locality Name:
Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2254
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1976.9

mindat Locality ID: 265692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°33'0"N
Longitude: 33°36'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.55,33.614166666667

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.

Auricupride	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Isomertieite	Melonite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stillwaterite	Titanite	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Atokite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Mertieite-II ()*	Microcline ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Palarstanide ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Paolovite ()*	Mertieite-I ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Vincentite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Na O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Isomertieite Melonite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stillwaterite Titanite Ullmannite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2254	1976.9	8803
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2254	1976.9	31
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	2254	1976.9	29
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2254	1976.9	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2254	1976.9	101
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	2254	1976.9	154
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2254	1976.9	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2254	1976.9	966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2254	1976.9	124
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2254	1976.9	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2254	1976.9	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2254	1976.9	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2254	1976.9	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2254	1976.9	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2254	1976.9	5433
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2254	1976.9	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2254	1976.9	116
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2254	1976.9	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2254	1976.9	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2254	1976.9	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	2254	1976.9	44
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2254	1976.9	4924
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2254	1976.9	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2254	1976.9	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2254	1976.9	192
Palarstanide ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₅(Sn,As)₂	2254	1976.9	13
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	2254	1976.9	37
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	2254	1976.9	38
Mertieite-I ()*	None	Pd_5+x(Sb,As)_2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)	2254	1976.9	9
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2254	1976.9	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2254	1976.9	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2254	1976.9	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2254	1976.9	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2254	1976.9	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2254	1976.9	4899
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	2254	1976.9	17
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	2254	1976.9	53
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2254	1976.9	1025

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
	Alexandra-0048	2254	2118	2186 ± 68	Sm-Nd	Age of intrusion (gabbro-diorite)									265692	Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Koykarsko-Svyatnavoloksky	Filippov et al. (2007)		GMK10_49
	Alexandra-0049	1989.9	1976.9	1983.4 ± 6.5	U-Pb	Age of intrusion		zircon	КС 166.01			Zircon			265692	Vikshozero Deposit, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Koykarsko-Svyatnavoloksky	Filippov et al. (2007)		GMK10_49

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