Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Nordre Bumansfjord, Seiland Island, Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 533
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 300927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nordre Bumansfjord, Seiland Island, Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 70°27'15"N
Longitude: 23°2'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.454166666667,23.034166666667

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000511Baltica carbonatite complex
Jen_0001166MAGMATIC STYLE: Segregations in the cores of nepheline syenite pegmatite dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, gabbro, syenogabbro, perthosite and nepheline syenite pegmatite.
Jen_0001167MAGMATIC STYLE: Segregations in the cores of nepheline syenite pegmatite dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, gabbro, syenogabbro, perthosite and nepheline syenite pegmatite.


3 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_0000511533529531±2U-Pb zircon  YesZircon  212041Seiland Island, Hammerfest, Finnmark, NorwaySeilandErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0001166490470480±10K-Ar nepheline  YesNepheline  212041Seiland Island, Hammerfest, Finnmark, NorwaySeilandWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001167496476486±10K-Ar nepheline  YesNepheline  212041Seiland Island, Hammerfest, Finnmark, NorwaySeilandWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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