Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Koillismaa Complex, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 284432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koillismaa Complex, Lapland, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kuusijärvi Deposit

Latitude: 65°51'11"N
Longitude: 28°2'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.853055555556,28.045

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Marcasite	Melonite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Ullmannite

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Froodite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Marcasite Melonite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Ullmannite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49755	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49755	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49755	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	49755	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	49755	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49755	4165
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	49755	62
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49755	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	49755	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49755	5433
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	49755	116
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	49755	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49755	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49755	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	49755	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	49755	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	49755	114
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49755	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49755	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49755	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	49755	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49755	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49755	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	49755	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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