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Locality Name:
Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1620

mindat Locality ID: 179967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-179967.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°55'41"N
Longitude: 31°38'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.928055555556,31.648611111111

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.

Apatite	Clay	Copper	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Iron ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Schorl ()*	Silicon ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tin ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P Si Sn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P Si Sn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clay Copper Diamond Feldspar Garnet Iron Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Staurolite Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2260	1620	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2260	1620	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2260	1620	2353
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2260	1620	3846
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2260	1620	2740
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2260	1620	1089
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2260	1620	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2260	1620	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2260	1620	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2260	1620	884
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2260	1620	2705
Silicon ()*	Diamond	Si	2260	1620	21
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2260	1620	978
Tin ()*	None	Sn	2260	1620	63
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2260	1620	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001085	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and matrix of an explosion breccia. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, essexite, nepheline syenite; dykes of spessartite, dolerite, syenite and bostonite.
Jen_0001086	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and matrix of an explosion breccia. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, essexite, nepheline syenite; dykes of spessartite, dolerite, syenite and bostonite.
Jen_0001087	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and matrix of an explosion breccia. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, essexite, nepheline syenite; dykes of spessartite, dolerite, syenite and bostonite.
Jen_0001088	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and matrix of an explosion breccia. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, essexite, nepheline syenite; dykes of spessartite, dolerite, syenite and bostonite.
Jen_0001089	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and matrix of an explosion breccia. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, essexite, nepheline syenite; dykes of spessartite, dolerite, syenite and bostonite.
Jen_0001090	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and matrix of an explosion breccia. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro, essexite, nepheline syenite; dykes of spessartite, dolerite, syenite and bostonite.

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0001085	2260	1900	2080±180	Sm-Nd		179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Elet’ozerskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001086	1910	1910	1910	K-Ar	biotite	179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Elet’ozerskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001087	1830	1800	1830-1800	K-Ar	biotite, muscovite	179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Elet’ozerskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001088	1705	1620	1705-1620	K-Ar	whole rock	179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Elet’ozerskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001089	1860	1860	1860	Pb-U-Th	orthite	179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Elet’ozerskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001090	1740	1740	1740	Pb-U-Th	pyrochlore, zircon	179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Elet’ozerskii	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00515	1860	1740	1740-1860 Ma			179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Elet'ozerskii (Elet'ozero)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00531	2080	1620	1620-2080 Ma (various)	various		179967	Elet'ozerskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	Eljozero (Elet'ozero, Elet'ozerskii)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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