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Pyrrhotite from
Sakattilampi (Sakatti deposit), Viiankiaapa mire area, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sakattilampi (Sakatti deposit), Viiankiaapa mire area, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1039828
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1039828:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘPahtavaara Au mine, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘKevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE mine, Kevitsansarvi (Keivitsansarvi), Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘKeivitsa intrusion, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘKutuvuoma, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
47.6km (29.6 miles) ⓘPorkonen-Pahtavaara, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
70.8km (44.0 miles) ⓘKittilä gold mine (Suurikuusikko mine; Rouravaara; Korkeakuusikko; Vuomajärvi), Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
71.0km (44.1 miles) ⓘHirvilavanmaa (Hirvilavaanma), Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
71.4km (44.3 miles) ⓘNaakenavaara, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
72.0km (44.8 miles) ⓘSoretiavuoma N, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
83.3km (51.8 miles) ⓘSivakkalehto deposit, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
References
Törmänen, T., Karinen, T., Boyd, R., Bjerkgård, T., Nordahl, B., & Schiellerup, H. (2016). The Kevitsa and Sakatti Ni-Cu-PGE deposits.
Fröhlich, F., Gutzmer, J, Siikaluoma, J. and Osbahr, I. (2017) Sulfide vein mineralization of the shallow eastern stockwork zone and its genetic relation to the massive sulfide mineralization of the Sakatti Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Finland. 3rd Finnish National Colloquium of Geosciences, Espoo, 15–16 March 2017: Abstract Book. [https://www.hzdr.de/db/!Publications?pNid=head&pSelMenu=0&pSelTitle=25320]
Pelayo Barrón Francisco (2020) The lithogeochemistry of the Cu-rich disseminated ore and further geochemical characterization of the massive ore, Sakatti Cu-Ni-Co-PGE deposit, Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, Finland. Masters thesis, University of Helsinki
Fröhlich, Fabian, Siikaluoma, Janne, Osbahr, Inga, Gutzmer, Jens (2021) Genesis of sulfide vein mineralization at the Sakatti Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, Finland. The Canadian Mineralogist, 59 (6) 1485-1510 doi:10.3749/canmin.2100020
Höytiä, Henri M.A.; Karhu, Juha A.; Peltonen, Petri T.; O’Brien, Hugh; Halkoaho, Tapio; Myllyperkiö, Minna (2026) Isotope records of carbon, oxygen and sulfur reveal the role of sulfate evaporites in the formation of Sakatti Cu-Ni-PGE sulfide ore, Central Lapland Greenstone belt, Finland. Ore Geology Reviews, 190. 107159 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107159
 
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