Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Central Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1791
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1787

mindat Locality ID: 305619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Ostrobothnia, Finland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kaustinen
Kokkola

Latitude: 63°35'0"N
Longitude: 24°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.583333333333,24.25

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

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 As Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Na O P S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

20 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1791	1787	3	49641,49642,49643	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1791	1787	1	49642	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1791	1787	2	49642,49643	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1791	1787	1	49642	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1791	1787	1	49642	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1791	1787	1	49641	5171
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1791	1787	1	49641	181
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1791	1787	1	49642	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1791	1787	1	49641	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	49646	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	49646	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	49646	14899
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1791	1787	1	49641	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1791	1787	3	49641,49642,49643	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1791	1787	1	49642	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1791	1787	1	49642	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1791	1787	3	49641,49642,49643	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1791	1787	2	49641,49643	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1791	1787	3	49641,49642,49643	688
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄			1	49646	120

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
	Bradley_2012_138	1791	1787	1789±2	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							257747	Kaustinen, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland	Ullava	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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