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Locality Name:
Dønnesfjord, Sørøya, Hasvik, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 528
Youngest recorded age at locality: 392

mindat Locality ID: 51989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dønnesfjord, Sørøya, Hasvik, Finnmark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Børfjordnæringen
Gammelgård
Langkeila - Klubbfjellet

Latitude: 70°39'33"N
Longitude: 22°36'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.659166666667,22.606388888889

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: Al Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparMicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehniteTitanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Epidote  (*)Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5283921914998803
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5283921914998173
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO45283921915001507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)252839219149917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O52839201236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25283921914991898
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO55283921914981516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5283921914994899



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000512Baltica carbonatite complex
Jen_0001165MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Gabbro, nepheline syenite gneiss, syenite gneiss, syenite and pegmatites.


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
Jen_0000512528474501±27Rb-Sr    Yes  32991Sørøya, Hasvik, Finnmark, NorwaySørøyErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0001165398392398-392K-Ar biotite  Yes  32991Sørøya, Hasvik, Finnmark, NorwaySørøyWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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