Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kitelskoe Almandine Deposit (Kitelya), Sortavala, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2058
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1974

mindat Locality ID: 296264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitelskoe Almandine Deposit (Kitelya), Sortavala, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°41'7"N
Longitude: 31°19'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.685277777778,31.326666666667

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.

Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz

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 C Fe H K O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Garnet Mica None Quartz

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2058	1974	2353
Graphite ()*	None	C	2058	1974	2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2058	1974	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2058	1974	61156

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
PR51_265-00007	2058	2058	2058	Pb-Pb	galena	A 871	Yes	Galena	251014	Hopunvaara Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Hopunvaara	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00010	2004	2004	2004	Pb-Pb	galena	6745	Yes	Galena	7039	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Lupikko	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00011	2004	2004	2004	Pb-Pb	galena	6746	Yes	Galena	7039	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Lupikko	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00012	1974	1974	1974	Pb-Pb	galena	A 868	Yes	Galena	7039	Lupikko Mine, Pitkyaranta District (Pitkäranta District), Ladoga Region, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Lupikko	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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