Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 533
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 32878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 70°21'59"N
Longitude: 23°7'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.366388888889,23.120277777778

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.

Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	None	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite	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 Cl Fe K Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Fe K Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum None Sodalite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Sodalite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	533	521	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	533	521	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	533	521	884
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	533	521	444
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	533	521	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	JGS167_71_001	533	529	531±2				zircon				Zircon			32878	Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway	Store Kufjord	Roberts et al. (2010)	10.1144/0016-76492009-014	JGS167_71
	JGS167_71_002	525	521	523±2				zircon				Zircon			32878	Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway	Store Kufjord	Roberts et al. (2010)	10.1144/0016-76492009-014	JGS167_71

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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