Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pudasjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1950
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 273962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pudasjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kortejärvi
Rometölväs Reef

Latitude: 65°36'59"N
Longitude: 27°37'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.616388888889,27.620833333333

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Epidote	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetradymite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Altaite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Loveringite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*	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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Epidote Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetradymite Ullmannite Zircon

44 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1800	1	49936	3419
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1950	1800	1	49936	706
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	49937	489
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1950	1800	1	49936	304
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	49937	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1950	1800	2	49936,49937	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	49937	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	49937	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	49937	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	49937	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	49937	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1950	1800	1	49936	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1950	1800	1	49936	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1800	1	49936	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	49937	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	49937	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	49937	24243
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	49937	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	49937	5433
Loveringite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₁₈O₃₈			1	49937	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1950	1800	2	49936,49937	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	49937	139
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			1	49937	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂			1	49937	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	49937	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	49937	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	49937	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1950	1800	1	49936	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅			1	49937	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1950	1800	2	49936,49937	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	49937	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	49937	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1800	1	49936	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	49937	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1950	1800	1	49936	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1950	1800	1	49936	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	49937	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	49937	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	49937	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	49937	276
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1800	1	49936	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	49937	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	49937	64
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1950	1800	1	49936	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001068	MAGMATIC STYLE: Does not outcrop. Drilling and aeromagnetics appear to indicate a 2 km long body from 30 to 60 m wide. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Glimmerite and olivine-magnetite rock (phoscorite?)

1 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
	Jen_0001068	1950	1800	1875±75	K-Ar			phlogopite				Phlogopite			265768	Kortejärvi, Pudasjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Kortejärvi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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