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Vihanti (Lampinsaari; Isoaho) deposit, Vihanti, Oulun (Oulu) Lääni, Finland

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A zinc mine located 11 km SE from Vihanti, 70 km SSW from Oulu. Owned by Outokumpo Co. Metamorphosed VHMS (volcanic-hosted massive sulphide) deposit.

Refs.:
Mining Annual review (1985): 507
http://www.gsf.fi/explor/zinc/vihanti.htm
http://www.gl.rhbnc.ac.uk/geode/Fennoscandia/Vihanti.html





Mineral List:
  		•  Antimony
    Sb
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Bismuth
    Bi
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Boulangerite
    Pb
     
    5
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    11
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Bournonite
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Breithauptite
    NiSb
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Cubanite
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Gahnite
    ZnAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Gold
    var: Electrum
    (Au, Ag)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Gudmundite
    FeSbS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Hessite
    Ag
     
    2
    		Te
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Nickeline
    NiAs
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Nisbite
    NiSb
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Stannite
    Cu
     
    2
    		(Fe,Zn)SnS
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Tremolite
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Ullmannite
    NiSbS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Valleriite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Cu)
     
    4
    		(Mg,Al)
     
    3
    		[(OH,O)
     
    6
    		|S
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]


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