Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kouvervaara, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 20936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20936.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kouvervaara, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°7'52"N
Longitude: 28°49'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.131111111111,28.818333333333

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferberite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jaipurite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*
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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti W Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2100	1800	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2100	1800	2353
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2100	1800	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2100	1800	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2100	1800	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2100	1800	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2100	1800	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	2100	1800	82
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2100	1800	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2100	1800	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2100	1800	551
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2100	1800	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	2100	1800	104
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2100	1800	5433
Jaipurite ()*	Nickeline	CoS	2100	1800	6
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2100	1800	1507
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2100	1800	249
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2100	1800	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2100	1800	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2100	1800	88
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2100	1800	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2100	1800	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2100	1800	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2100	1800	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2100	1800	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2100	1800	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2100	1800	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2100	1800	4894
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2100	1800	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2100	1800	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2100	1800	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
	Emily000539	1900	1800			mineralization					Yes			sulfides	10223	Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Kuusamo district	Pankka et al. (1992)	10.1016/0301-9268(92)90126-9	PR58_387
	Kristen002033	2100	1900								Yes				9701	Juomasuo, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Juomasuo	Gaál and Sundblad (1990)	10.1007/BF00205257	MD25_S104

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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