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Locality Name:
Siilinjärvi, Northern Savonia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2615
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1810

mindat Locality ID: 284415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siilinjärvi, Northern Savonia, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Siilinjärvi Mine

Latitude: 63°6'43"N
Longitude: 27°43'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.111944444444,27.733055555556

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteCubaniteMica
MonaziteNickelineNonePyriteSerpentineSpinelValleriiteWurtziteZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytolamprophyllite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Richterite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)426151810149978708
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2615181014997811547
Barytolamprophyllite  (*)None(BaK)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)22615181014997821
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4261518101499785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2615181014997827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S261518101499785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22615181014997827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS261518101499784165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S326151810149978802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2261518101499789895
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42615181014997814899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)26151810149978945
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)62615181014997817
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2189018101499782273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22615181014997839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8261518101499789056
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)223202240149978148
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)26151810149978589
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)22615181014997827
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]26151810149978237
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)261526031499785251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001099MAGMATIC STYLE: A 16 km long body of carbonatite, glimmerite and syenite, which may extend to 22 km, with a maximum width of about 1 km. It is tabular in form with a 70-90º dip ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Glimmerite, syenite, fenite and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001100MAGMATIC STYLE: A 16 km long body of carbonatite, glimmerite and syenite, which may extend to 22 km, with a maximum width of about 1 km. It is tabular in form with a 70-90º dip ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Glimmerite, syenite, fenite and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001101MAGMATIC STYLE: A 16 km long body of carbonatite, glimmerite and syenite, which may extend to 22 km, with a maximum width of about 1 km. It is tabular in form with a 70-90º dip ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Glimmerite, syenite, fenite and lamprophyre dykes.


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_0001099261526032609±6U-Pb zircon   Zircon  22948Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Northern Savonia, FinlandSiilinjarviWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001100189018101850±40K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  22948Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Northern Savonia, FinlandSiilinjarviWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001101232022402280±40K-Ar richterite   Richterite  22948Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Northern Savonia, FinlandSiilinjarviWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-0034725802580Late Archean-- 2580 (U-Pb)U-Pb       22948Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Northern Savonia, FinlandSiilinjarviOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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