Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Foriet Property (Timantti Project), Kuusamo Kimberlites, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 302885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Foriet Property (Timantti Project), Kuusamo Kimberlites, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°6'47"N
Longitude: 29°21'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.113055555556,29.350833333333

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.

Diamond	Garnet	None	Spinel

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 C Cr Fe Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cr Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Diamond Garnet None Spinel

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Pyrope ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2100	1800	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2100	1800	697
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2100	1800	341

2 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
	Emily000539	1900	1800			mineralization					Yes			sulfides	10223	Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Kuusamo district	Pankka et al. (1992)	10.1016/0301-9268(92)90126-9	PR58_387
	Kristen002033	2100	1900								Yes				9701	Juomasuo, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland	Juomasuo	Gaál and Sundblad (1990)	10.1007/BF00205257	MD25_S104

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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