Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Neskevaara Hill, Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 391
Youngest recorded age at locality: 358

mindat Locality ID: 39343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neskevaara Hill, Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°48'0"N
Longitude: 30°9'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.8,30.159166666667

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.

Ancylite	Apatite	Burbankite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Labuntsovite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite

Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Nenadkevichite ()*	Neskevaaraite-Fe ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ancylite Apatite Burbankite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Labuntsovite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	391	358	92
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	391	358	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	391	358	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	391	358	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	391	358	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	391	358	2740
Nenadkevichite ()*	Labuntsovite	(Na, )₈Nb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·8H₂O	391	358	19
Neskevaaraite-Fe ()*	Labuntsovite	NaK₃Fe(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·6H₂O	391	358	2
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	391	358	64
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	391	358	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	391	358	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	391	358	9056

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000474	carbonatite complex
Jen_0000860	MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets, dykes, veins and stockworks. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Olivinite, clinopyroxenite, nepheline pyroxenite, melteigite, ijolite, phoscorite and fenite; dykes of alnöite, tinguaite, ijolite, urtite and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000474	382	368	375±7	Rb-Sr				Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi massif	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000860	391	391	391	Rb-Sr		whole rock, apatite, calcite, biotite		Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Kaitlynn000138	375	369	372±3	U-Pb	Formation of alkaline intrusions	biotite	282/71	Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi Massif	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
Kaitlynn000139	375	369	372±3	U-Pb	Formation of alkaline intrusions	biotite	282/71	Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi Massif	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
Kaitlynn000140	371	365	368±3	U-Pb	Formation of alkaline intrusions	biotite	282/251	Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi Massif	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
Kaitlynn000141	371	365	368±3	U-Pb	Formation of alkaline intrusions	biotite	282/251	Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi Massif	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
Kaitlynn000148	364	358	361±3	U-Pb	Formation of alkaline intrusions	biotite	205/173.2	Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi Massif	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
Kaitlynn000149	364	358	361±3	U-Pb	Formation of alkaline intrusions	biotite	205/173.2	Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi Massif	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
P22_462_fig1_015	390	376	383±7					Yes	2709	Vuoriyarvi Alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Vuoriyarvi	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462

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