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Locality Name:
Kirovskii Apatite Mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 413.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 319.6

mindat Locality ID: 2685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirovskii Apatite Mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hilairitovoye Pegmatite
Vein No. 46

Latitude: 67°40'0"N
Longitude: 33°43'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.666666666667,33.716666666667
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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P REE S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteAstrophylliteBaryteBatisite
BradleyiteBurbankiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCarbocernaiteCatapleiiteClayCopperCorundum
CubaniteDjerfisheriteEdingtoniteElpiditeEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGaidonnayiteGismondineKaolinite
LabuntsoviteLitidioniteMckelveyiteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNoneNorditeNot in a structural groupPectolite
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodesiteRocksaltSodaliteSphaleriteTitaniteTridymite
Zircon

111 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Amicite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Barylite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Barytolamprophyllite  (*)Belovite-(Ce)  (*)Belovite-(La)  (*)
Bonshtedtite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canasite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Cancrisilite  (*)Carbocernaite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)
Delhayelite  (*)Delindeite  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Donnayite-(Y)  (*)Elpidite  (*)
Epididymite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Eudidymite  (*)Ewaldite  (*)Fenaksite  (*)
Fersmanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gaidonnayite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gerasimovskite  (*)Gobbinsite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hilairite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hydrodelhayelite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Isolueshite  (*)
Kalborsite  (*)Kazanskyite  (*)Kolskyite  (*)Komarovite  (*)Kukharenkoite-(Ce)  (*)
Kukharenkoite-(La)  (*)Kukisvumite  (*)Labuntsovite-Fe  (*)Labuntsovite-Mg  (*)Labuntsovite-Mn  (*)
Lamprophyllite  (*)Lead  (*)Litharge  (*)Lobanovite  (*)Lomonosovite  (*)
Lorenzenite  (*)Manganokukisvumite  (*)Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)Microcline  (*)Middendorfite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacaphite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nechelyustovite  (*)Nenadkevichite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Neskevaaraite-Fe  (*)
Nordite-(La)  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pirssonite  (*)Podlesnoite  (*)Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)
Pyatenkoite-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rasvumite  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)
Saamite  (*)Shcherbakovite  (*)Shirokshinite  (*)Shortite  (*)Sidorenkite  (*)
Sitinakite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stronadelphite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Thermonatrite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Trona  (*)
Tsepinite-K  (*)Tuliokite  (*)Villiaumite  (*)Vinogradovite  (*)Vuoriyarvite-K  (*)
Yakovenchukite-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6413.6319.62102842,1028431022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)413.6319.611028428803
Amicite  (*)GismondineK2Na2(Al4Si4O16)·5H2O413.6319.604
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O413.6319.601627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2413.6319.611028422162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O413.6319.6110284292
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2413.6319.611028423092
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2413.6319.60295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F413.6319.61102842161
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O7413.6319.6033
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)413.6319.6110284211547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2413.6319.6083
Barytolamprophyllite  (*)None(BaK)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2413.6319.6021
Belovite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteNaCeSr3(PO4)3F413.6319.6015
Belovite-(La)  (*)ApatiteNaLaSr3(PO4)3F413.6319.603
Bonshtedtite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Fe2+(PO4)(CO3)413.6319.6010
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5413.6319.6110284252
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)413.6319.62102842,10284327770
Canasite  (*)NoneK3Na3Ca5Si12O30(OH)4413.6319.605
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O413.6319.60232
Cancrisilite  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa7(Si7Al5)O24(CO3)·3H2O413.6319.611028428
Carbocernaite  (*)Carbocernaite(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO3)2413.6319.6110284224
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O413.6319.62102842,102843113
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2413.6319.61102842309
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)2413.6319.6110284290
Delhayelite  (*)RhodesiteK7Na3Ca5Al2Si14O38F4Cl2413.6319.609
Delindeite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2(Na2   )Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2O2413.6319.604
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl413.6319.6060
Donnayite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaSr3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O413.6319.62102842,10284313
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O413.6319.6110284250
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O413.6319.6110284270
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2413.6319.61102842182
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O413.6319.6110284242
Ewaldite  (*)MckelveyiteBaCa(CO3)2·2.6H2O413.6319.608
Fenaksite  (*)LitidioniteKNaFe2+Si4O10413.6319.606
Fersmanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4(Ti,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8F3413.6319.62102842,10284311
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F413.6319.611028422740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O413.6319.61102843303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2413.6319.62102842,1028439617
Gaidonnayite  (*)GaidonnayiteNa2ZrSi3O9·2H2O413.6319.6110284221
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS413.6319.6110284324243
Gerasimovskite  (*)NoneMn2+(Ti,Nb)5O12·9H2O (?)413.6319.608
Gobbinsite  (*)GismondineNa5(Si11Al5)O32·11H2O413.6319.6110284217
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O413.6319.61102843167
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3413.6319.6110284214640
Hilairite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi3O9·3H2O413.6319.6110284218
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O413.6319.61102842144
Hydrodelhayelite  (*)NoneKCa2(Si7Al)O17(OH)2·6H2O413.6319.604
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH413.6319.60367
Isolueshite  (*)PerovskiteNaNbO3413.6319.601
Kalborsite  (*)EdingtoniteK6Al4BSi6O20(OH)4Cl413.6319.603
Kazanskyite  (*)NoneBa   TiNbNa3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)2413.6319.601
Kolskyite  (*)None(Ca   )Ti2Na2Ti2(Si2O7)2O4(H2O)7413.6319.601
Komarovite  (*)None(Ca,Sr,Na)6-x(Nb,Ti)6(Si4O12)(O,OH,F)16·nH2O413.6319.602
Kukharenkoite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBa2Ce(CO3)3F413.6319.608
Kukharenkoite-(La)  (*)NoneBa2La(CO3)3F413.6319.611028421
Kukisvumite  (*)NoneNa6ZnTi4O4(SiO3)8·4H2O413.6319.602
Labuntsovite-Fe  (*)LabuntsoviteNa4K4Fe2+2Ti8O4(Si4O12)4(OH)4·10-12H2O413.6319.606
Labuntsovite-Mg  (*)LabuntsoviteNa4K4Mg2Ti8O4(Si4O12)4(OH)4·10-12H2O413.6319.611028423
Labuntsovite-Mn  (*)LabuntsoviteNa4K4Mn2+2Ti8O4(Si4O12)4(OH)4·10-12H2O413.6319.6018
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2413.6319.6110284263
Lead  (*)CopperPb413.6319.61102843192
Litharge  (*)NonePbO413.6319.61102843139
Lobanovite  (*)AstrophylliteK2Na(Fe2+4Mg2Na)Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4413.6319.607
Lomonosovite  (*)NoneNa6Na2Ti2Na2Ti2(Si2O7)2(PO4)2O4413.6319.6018
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)413.6319.6110284382
Manganokukisvumite  (*)NoneNa6MnTi4Si8O28·4H2O413.6319.602
Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaBa3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O413.6319.611028429
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)413.6319.62102842,1028434924
Middendorfite  (*)NoneK3Na2Mn5Si12(O,OH)36·2H2O413.6319.611028421
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2413.6319.611028435800
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2413.6319.6045
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2413.6319.6110284217380
Nacaphite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(PO4)F413.6319.607
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O413.6319.62102842,1028431236
Nechelyustovite  (*)None(Na   )   2Ba4Ti4Nb4(Na11   )Ti4(Si2O7)8O8(OH)8(H2O)12413.6319.601
Nenadkevichite  (*)Labuntsovite(Na,   )8Nb4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·8H2O413.6319.6110284219
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)413.6319.60186
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)413.6319.62102842,102843884
Neskevaaraite-Fe  (*)LabuntsoviteNaK3Fe(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6H2O413.6319.602
Nordite-(La)  (*)NorditeNa3SrLaZnSi6O17413.6319.603
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)413.6319.62102842,102843363
Pirssonite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O413.6319.6019
Podlesnoite  (*)NoneCa2Ba(CO3)2F2413.6319.601
Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2413.6319.6110284214
Pyatenkoite-(Y)  (*)NoneNa5YTiSi6O18·6H2O413.6319.602
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2413.6319.6039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2413.6319.6110284261156
Rasvumite  (*)CubaniteKFe2S3413.6319.6019
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2413.6319.62102842,10284353
Saamite  (*)NoneBa   TiNbNa3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)2413.6319.601
Shcherbakovite  (*)BatisiteK2NaTi2O(OH)Si4O12413.6319.6016
Shirokshinite  (*)NoneK(Mg2Na)Si4O10F2413.6319.602
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)3413.6319.6037
Sidorenkite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mn(PO4)(CO3)413.6319.607
Sitinakite  (*)NoneKNa2Ti4Si2O13(OH)·4H2O413.6319.605
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl413.6319.62102842,102843444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS413.6319.62102842,10284321482
Stronadelphite  (*)ApatiteSr5(PO4)3F413.6319.604
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)413.6319.62102842,102843589
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F413.6319.61102842232
Thermonatrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·H2O413.6319.6064
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)413.6319.611028421006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O413.6319.611028424899
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O413.6319.60129
Tsepinite-K  (*)Labuntsovite(K,Ba,Na)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O413.6319.62102842,1028434
Tuliokite  (*)NoneNa6BaTh(CO3)6·6H2O413.6319.601
Villiaumite  (*)RocksaltNaF413.6319.6031
Vinogradovite  (*)NoneNa4Ti4(Si2O6)2[(Si,Al)4O10]O4·(H2O,Na,K)3413.6319.6028
Vuoriyarvite-K  (*)Labuntsovite(K,Na,   )12Nb8(Si4O12)4O8·12-16H2O413.6319.62102842,10284310
Yakovenchukite-(Y)  (*)NoneK3NaCaY2Si12O30·4H2O413.6319.611028431


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000483MAGMATIC STYLE: 800 m diameter stock of multistage carbonatite breccias cut by stockwork of carbonatite veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Layered series including peralkaline and nepheline syenites, khibinite, rischorrite, melteigite, ijolite and urtite.
Jen_0000484MAGMATIC STYLE: 800 m diameter stock of multistage carbonatite breccias cut by stockwork of carbonatite veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Layered series including peralkaline and nepheline syenites, khibinite, rischorrite, melteigite, ijolite and urtite.
Jen_0000485MAGMATIC STYLE: 800 m diameter stock of multistage carbonatite breccias cut by stockwork of carbonatite veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Layered series including peralkaline and nepheline syenites, khibinite, rischorrite, melteigite, ijolite and urtite.
Jen_0000486MAGMATIC STYLE: 800 m diameter stock of multistage carbonatite breccias cut by stockwork of carbonatite veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Layered series including peralkaline and nepheline syenites, khibinite, rischorrite, melteigite, ijolite and urtite.


11 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_0000483378352365±13Rb-Sr apatite, nepheline  Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibinaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000484366.9357.9362.4±4.5Rb-Sr apatite, nepheline  Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibinaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000485381.2373.4377.3±3.9Sm-Nd apatite, nepheline  Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibinaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000486413.6319.6366.6±47Sm-Nd apatite, nepheline, calcite  Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibinaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Kaitlynn000150390376383±7U-PbFormation of alkaline intrusionsbiotiteKHI-1338 Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibiny MassifArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 
Kaitlynn000151391377384±7U-PbFormation of alkaline intrusionsbiotiteKHI-1338 Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibiny MassifArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 
Kaitlynn000152372366369±3U-PbFormation of alkaline intrusionsbiotiteKHI-1 Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibiny MassifArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 
Kaitlynn000153372366369±3U-PbFormation of alkaline intrusionsbiotiteKHI-1 Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibiny MassifArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 
Kaitlynn000154373367370±3U-PbFormation of alkaline intrusionsbiotiteKHI-2 Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibiny MassifArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 
Kaitlynn000155374368371±3U-PbFormation of alkaline intrusionsbiotiteKHI-2 Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibiny MassifArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 
P22_462_fig1_007383362      Yes  2680Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaKhibinyArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080066Kirovskii Apatite Mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R080066
R120032Kirovskii Apatite Mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R120032
R130020Kirovskii Apatite Mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R130020
R070703Vein No. 46, Kirovskii Apatite Mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070703

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