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Locality Name:
Säkkärämäki, Kanalanmäki Area, Pihtipudas, Central Finland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 276360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Säkkärämäki, Kanalanmäki Area, Pihtipudas, Central Finland, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pirunkoukku Gold Occurrence

Latitude: 63°19'45"N
Longitude: 25°57'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.329166666667,25.961944444444
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 As Au Bi Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Schapbachite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1496339052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb214963373
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1496331966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214963327198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3149633802
Gold  (*)CopperAu14963330554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te149633804
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S14963386
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2149633762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414963314899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi14963388
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21496335674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2149633252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21496335800
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81496339056
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S14963314
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14963321482


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