Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vostok Deposit, Lukkulaisvaara Ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara Pluton; Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka Plutonic Complex, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2443.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2440.1

mindat Locality ID: 48412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48412.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vostok Deposit, Lukkulaisvaara Ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara Pluton; Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka Plutonic Complex, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Spinel	Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Menshikovite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Paolovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Sobolevskite ()*	Sopcheite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	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 Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Rh S Sb Si Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Rh S Sb Si Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Spinel Ullmannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2443.9	2440.1	3419
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2443.9	2440.1	67
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2443.9	2440.1	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2443.9	2440.1	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2443.9	2440.1	966
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2443.9	2440.1	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2443.9	2440.1	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2443.9	2440.1	119
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2443.9	2440.1	116
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	2443.9	2440.1	15
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2443.9	2440.1	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	2443.9	2440.1	114
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	2443.9	2440.1	38
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2443.9	2440.1	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2443.9	2440.1	1512
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	2443.9	2440.1	44
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	2443.9	2440.1	24
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2443.9	2440.1	75
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2443.9	2440.1	380

1 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
	Mo-00064	2443.9	2440.1		U-Pb						Yes		Molybdenite, Tarkianite	Mo	4432	Lukkulaisvaara Ultrabasic Massif (Lukkulaisvaara Pluton; Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion), Olanga River (Oulanka River), Oulanka Plutonic Complex, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia		Glebovitsky et al. (2001)	10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.607	TCM39_607

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