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Seipelä, Suomussalmi, Kainuu, Finlandi
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Seipelä- not defined -
SuomussalmiMunicipality
KainuuRegion
FinlandCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 65° 15' 35'' North , 29° 21' 4'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): 65.25993,29.35113
GeoHash:G#: uesg7bhyd
Köppen climate type:Dfc : Subarctic climate


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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical Elements

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4 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Reference: Geological Survey of Finland 2007 Seipelä - Gold Database
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe7S8
Reference: Geological Survey of Finland 2007 Seipelä - Gold Database
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Geological Survey of Finland 2007 Seipelä - Gold Database
Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
Reference: Geological Survey of Finland 2007 Seipelä - Gold Database
'Tourmaline'
Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Reference: Geological Survey of Finland 2007 Seipelä - Gold Database

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
'Arsenopyrite'2.EB.20FeAsS
'Pyrrhotite'2.CC.10Fe7S8
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
'Quartz'4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
'Scheelite'7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Tourmaline'-A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification

Group 2 - SULFIDES
AmXp, with m:p = 1:1
Pyrrhotite2.8.10.1Fe7S8
AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2
Arsenopyrite2.12.4.1FeAsS
Group 48 - ANHYDROUS MOLYBDATES AND TUNGSTATES
AXO4
Scheelite48.1.2.1Ca(WO4)
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si
Quartz75.1.3.1SiO2
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Tourmaline'-A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

List of minerals for each chemical element

BBoron
B TourmalineA(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
O TourmalineA(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S PyrrhotiteFe7S8
CaCalcium
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe PyrrhotiteFe7S8
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)

Regional Geology

This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

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Neoarchean - Mesoarchean
2500 - 3200 Ma



ID: 650933
Igneous: intrusive; Intrusive: tonalitic-granodioritic

Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma)

Description: Northern Europe, Karelian Craton

Comments: Craton and massif; Koistinen et al., 2001; Sigmond, 2002; Solli, unpublished compilation, 2007-08; Bergman et al., unpublished revisions, 2007-08

Lithology: Tonalite, granodiorite, granite gneiss, enderbite, migmatite

Reference: J.C. Harrison, M.R. St-Onge, O.V. Petrov, S.I. Strelnikov, B.G. Lopatin, F.H. Wilson, S. Tella, D. Paul, T. Lynds, S.P. Shokalsky, C.K. Hults, S. Bergman, H.F. Jepsen, and A. Solli. Geological map of the Arctic. doi:10.4095/287868. Geological Survey of Canada Map 2159A. [2]

Neoarchean - Mesoarchean
2500 - 3200 Ma



ID: 3189778
Archean volcanic rocks

Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma)

Comments: Karelian Domain

Lithology: Mafic volcanic rocks

Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

Archean
2500 - 4000 Ma



ID: 3137006
Archean gneiss

Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma)

Description: undifferentiated metamorphic

Lithology: Gneiss

Reference: Asch, K. The 1:5M International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Development and Implementation of a GIS-enabled Concept. Geologisches Jahrbuch, SA 3. [147]

Data and map coding provided by Macrostrat.org, used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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