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Locality Name:
Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1682
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1682

mindat Locality ID: 167703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-167703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
El'ozero REE Occurrence
Parusnaya Mt (Parus)
Ploskaya Mt
Vyuntspakhk Mt
West Keivy Block

Latitude: 67°37'58"N
Longitude: 36°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.632777777778,36.7

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 As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu Er F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Yb Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Ce Fe H O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicAstrophylliteBaryteBastnäsiteBismutiteCancrinite-sodalite
ChalcostibiteChevkiniteColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGypsumLöllingiteMatlockite
MonaziteNoneOveritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTengeriteThortveititeZircon

67 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Britholite-(Y)  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Caysichite-(Y)  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorbritholite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Formanite-(Y)  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Hingganite-(Yb)  (*)Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Kasolite  (*)Keiviite-(Y)  (*)Keiviite-(Yb)  (*)Kenoplumbomicrolite  (*)
Kuliokite-(Y)  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Lun'okite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rynersonite  (*)Scotlandite  (*)Sillénite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tengerite-(Y)  (*)Thalénite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Tveitite-(Y)  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vyuntspakhkite-(Y)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Xenotime-(Yb)  (*)
Zavaritskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O63102806,102807,1028081022
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61102807141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)168216823102804,102805,1028088803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1682168211028052734
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F1102807161
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F168216823102805,102806,102808304
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3168216821102805214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1682168211028051966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31682168211028051935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)168216821102805716
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)168216820115
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)2102806,10280728
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2168216822102803,1028055171
Caysichite-(Y)  (*)None(Ca,Yb,Er)4Y4(Si8O20)(CO3)6(OH)·7H2O1682168211028058
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1682168211028054979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1682168211028055707
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)216821682089
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O16821682110280570
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6168216821102805289
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2168216821102805246
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4168216823102805,102806,102807196
Fluorbritholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3F11028067
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2168216822102805,1028089617
Formanite-(Y)  (*)NoneYTaO416821682110280513
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2168216822102805,102807163
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4168216821102805445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS168216822102803,10280524243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S110280760
Graphite  (*)NoneC11028072812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316821682014640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)16821682110280555
Hingganite-(Yb)  (*)GadoliniteBeYb(SiO4)(OH)1682168211028052
Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2(SiO4)(CO3)1682168211028058
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311028075433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O16821682110280599
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O16821682110280528
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O168216821102805198
Keiviite-(Y)  (*)ThortveititeY2Si2O716821682110280513
Keiviite-(Yb)  (*)ThortveititeYb2Si2O71682168211028052
Kenoplumbomicrolite  (*)None(Pb,   )2Ta2O6[   ,(OH),O]1682168211028051
Kuliokite-(Y)  (*)NoneY4Al(SiO4)2(OH)2F51682168211028053
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)16821682110280597
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2168216821102805265
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2168216821102805762
Lun'okite  (*)OveriteMgMn2+Al(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O1682168211028055
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43102804,102806,10280714899
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4110280844
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)168216825102804,102805,102806,102807,1028084924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)168216822102804,102805945
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1682168211028051725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2168216826102803,102804,102805,102806,102807,10280861156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)22102806,102807375
Rynersonite  (*)AeschyniteCaTa2O616821682110280514
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)16821682110280525
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO2016821682110280526
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16821682110280521482
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteY2(CO3)3·2-3H2O168216822102805,10280724
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)NoneY3Si3O10F168216822102803,10280526
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)168216822102805,1028061006
Tveitite-(Y)  (*)None(Y,Na)6(Ca,Na,REE)12(Ca,Na)F422102807,1028088
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21682168211028052718
Vyuntspakhkite-(Y)  (*)NoneY(Al,Si)(SiO4)(OH,O)21682168211028054
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41682168211028051655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)168216821102805939
Xenotime-(Yb)  (*)ZirconYb(PO4)1682168211028054
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF16821682110280526
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)168216825102803,102804,102805,102806,1028075251



1 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
Be-00015168216821682  high    Hingganite-(Yb)Be2670Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia Bayanova and Voloshin (1999) EUGJCA10_153 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060522Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060522
R130729Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R130729
R060895Rovgora Mt, West Keivy Block, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060895


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