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Locality Name:
Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1804
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1795

mindat Locality ID: 1661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Hallilanvuori Pegmatite
Kuortaneentie Quarry
Nurmo
Pajuluoma
Peräseinäjoki
Rautatienkatu
Routakallio Quarry (Satamo Quarry)
Tarikko
Törnävä Deposit

Latitude: 62°43'24"N
Longitude: 22°59'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.723333333333,22.986944444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArrojaditeArsenicArsenolampriteArsenolite
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChildreniteChloriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCorundumFeldsparFillowiteFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingite
MarcasiteMicaModderiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTapioliteTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineUllmanniteVivianiteZinkeniteZircon

93 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Barićite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brockite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Eclarite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ixiolite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Johnsomervilleite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pääkkönenite  (*)Paradocrasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Seinäjokite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Arrojadite-(BaFe)  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Stibarsen  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Westerveldite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18041795350111,50112,501148803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)31804180015011194
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)318041795250107,501142353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe18041800150117489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O179917951501141627
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb18041800550108,50109,50111,50117,50119363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS18041800550109,50111,50115,50117,501199052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb218041800250109,5011773
Barićite  (*)Vivianite(Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2·8H2O180418001501107
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S418041800350109,50117,50119343
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)218041795250111,50114606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1818041795750106,50110,50111,50112,50114,50116,501184286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi18041795250114,501151966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3180418001501151935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1118041800150109843
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb18041800250109,50119175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6179917951501141633
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O1799179515011448
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO218041795450111,50112,50114,501185171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)180418001501114979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218041800450109,50115,50117,5011927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS218041800150109162
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8179917951501141756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O618041795250114,50117518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O617991795150114289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)818041795250111,50114181
Copper  (*)CopperCu179917951501143846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6180418001501094135
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S281804180015011518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18041795250111,50114520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O17991795150114128
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO41799179515011429
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)18041800250111,50118108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F18041795250110,501142740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2180418001501119617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18041795350114,50115,5011724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS18041800150115131
Gold  (*)CopperAu18041800350109,50115,5011930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC18041800250111,501172812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS18041800350109,50117,50119170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31804180015011914640
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS1804180015011135
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)18041800250111,50118204
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH18041800150117367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3180418001501155433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O217991795150114148
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1418041800150119784
Johnsomervilleite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaFe2+11(PO4)91804180015011011
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418041795250111,501145591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS218041800150109230
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)18041800250111,50117234
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs218041795650109,50111,50114,50115,50117,50119762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS218041800450109,50111,50117,501195674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18041795250111,501144924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O18041795250111,501141508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218041795650109,50110,50111,50112,50114,5011817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)180418001501112349
Pääkkönenite  (*)StibniteSb2AsS2180418001501098
Paradocrasite  (*)NoneSb2(Sb,As)2180418001501176
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2180418001501172273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)618041800150111477
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O17991795150114140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218041800650109,50111,50112,50115,50117,5011939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S818041800450109,50115,50117,501199056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218041795950106,50107,50108,50109,50111,50112,50114,50117,5011861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2180418001501175614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)180418001501194894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18041795450110,50111,50114,501162705
Seinäjokite  (*)LöllingiteFeSb218041800250109,501174
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O318041800250109,50117179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)180418001501116417
Arrojadite-(BaFe)  (*)ArrojaditeBaFe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2180418001501107
Silver  (*)CopperAg180418001501155186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3179917951501141214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18041800550109,50111,50115,50117,5011921482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O618041795350111,50114,50118688
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs1804180015011748
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S318041800450109,50111,50117,501193418
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S1804180015011513
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O61804180015011188
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318041800250109,501175317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)179917951501141006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O18041800350109,50111,501174899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21804179501476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)18041800250111,50118313
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS18041800250109,50117293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2180418001501112718
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O318041800150109369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O18041800250110,50111636
Westerveldite  (*)ModderiteFeAs1804180015011711
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)17991795150114939
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4218041800150109228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)18041795250111,501145251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_136180418001802±2U/Pb tapionite     1661Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandSeinäjokiMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_137179917951797±2U/Pb columbite, tantalite     9521Haapaluoma Pegmatite, Peräseinäjoki, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandHaapaluomaMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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