Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3011
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2750

mindat Locality ID: 250878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°23'46"N
Longitude: 29°3'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.396111111111,29.062777777778
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: As Au Fe O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Fe O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCopperNoneQuartz

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3011275009052
Gold  (*)CopperAu30112750030554
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO230112750061156


4 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_0000393277027502760±10Re-Os molybdeniteCT-376  Molybdenite  250878Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, FinlandAittojarviStein et al. (2001)10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.xTN13_479 
Jen_0000394277027522761±9Re-Os molybdeniteCT-377  Molybdenite  250878Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, FinlandAittojarviStein et al. (2001)10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.xTN13_479 
Jen_0000395301129893000±11Re-Os molybdeniteCT-374  Molybdenite  250878Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, FinlandAittojarviStein et al. (2001)10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.xTN13_479 
Jen_0000396278327632773±10Re-Os molybdeniteCT-375  Molybdenite  250878Aittoranta (Iso Aittojärvi), Kuhmo, Kainuu, FinlandAittojarviStein et al. (2001)10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00395.xTN13_479 

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