Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 2472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bekkarfjordnes
Hakstabben
Lille Kufjord
Oldervik Pegmatite
Ørnetind
Skarvbergbukten Pegmatite
Skarvberget
Skarvbergnes
Skarvevann Pegmatite
Store Kufjord

Latitude: 70°18'59"N
Longitude: 23°6'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.316388888889,23.106666666667

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Graphite ()*	Halite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica Nickeline None
Olivine Pectolite Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	91454,91457,91458,91459,91461	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	91454,91459,91461	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	91460	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	91456	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			3	91454,91455,91458	1797
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	91456	2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	91454	1398
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			2	91454,91455	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	533	521	2	91458,91463	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	533	521	4	91454,91458,91462,91463	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	91454	4924
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	533	521	0		153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	91454,91458	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	533	521	4	91454,91460,91462,91463	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	91457	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	533	521	0		363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	91456	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	91454,91456	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	91456	9056
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	533	521	2	91460,91463	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	91456	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	533	521	0		1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	533	521	0		1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	533	521	5	91454,91458,91459,91462,91463	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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