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Locality Name:
Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1806
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 217584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kaatiala Pegmatite

Latitude: 62°40'45"N
Longitude: 23°29'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.679166666667,23.490555555556
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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeApatiteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayColumbite
CovelliteDumortieriteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHureauliteJahnsiteKaoliniteLöllingite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSymplesiteTetrahedriteTopazTourmalineVivianiteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bityite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)
Kaatialaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Switzerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Varulite  (*)Vivianite  (*)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)180618001501008803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)31806180015010094
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3180618001501002353
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O318061800150100231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS180618001501009052
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)218061800150100606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18180618001501004286
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)21806180015010031
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4180618001501005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1806180015010027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2180618001501005171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21806180015010027198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O618061800150100518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)818061800150100181
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS180618001501004165
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18061800150100648
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O1818061800150100231
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18061800150100520
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO41806180015010029
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O1806180015010072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F180618001501002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2180618001501009617
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O18061800150100125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH18061800150100367
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O1806180015010018
Kaatialaite  (*)NoneFe3+[AsO2(OH)2]3·5H2O1806180015010012
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4180618001501005591
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)18061800150100155
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs218061800150100762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21806180015010012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)180618001501004924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)18061800150100200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O180618001501001508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21806180015010017380
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O18061800150100124
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21806180015010039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21806180015010061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)180618001501002705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O180618001501001153
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3180618001501001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1806180015010021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O618061800150100688
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O1806180015010021
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1806180015010092
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13180618001501001803
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2180618001501001476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2180618001501002718
Varulite  (*)AlluauditeNa2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)31806180015010015
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O18061800150100636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)180618001501005251


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
Alexandra-0405180018001800 Age of pegmatite      1657Kaatiala Pegmatite, Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandKaatialanTuovinen, L. (2013) MT2013_Tuovinen 
Bradley_2012_139180618021804±2U/Pb columbite, tantalite     1657Kaatiala Pegmatite, Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandKaatialaMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060740Kaatiala Pegmatite, Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finlandhttps://rruff.info/R060740

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