Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 305621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ostrobothnia, Finland": 113
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 77

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Isokyrö
Korsnäs
Malax
Vaasa

Latitude: 62°48'48"N
Longitude: 21°17'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.813333333333,21.298055555556

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Ancylite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Carbocernaite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Harmotome	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*
Calcite ()*	Carbocernaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Neotocite ()*
Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Ancylite Apatite Apophyllite Baryte Calcite Carbocernaite Chalcopyrite
Copper Corundum Fluorite Harmotome Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Zircon

33 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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	541	1	49985	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	541	541	1	49985	83
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	541	541	1	49985	1935
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	541	541	1	49985	115
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO₃)(OH,H₂O)	541	541	1	49985	46
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	541	3	49985,49986,49988	27770
Carbocernaite ()*	Carbocernaite	(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO₃)₂	541	541	1	49985	24
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	49988	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	541	541	1	49986	4135
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	541	541	1	49986	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	541	541	1	49985	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	541	2	49985,49988	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	541	541	1	49986	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	49988	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	541	541	1	49986	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	49988	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	49988	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	541	541	1	49985	945
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	541	541	1	49985	26
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			1	49984	186
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	541	541	1	49986	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	49988	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	541	2	49986,49988	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	49988	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	49984,49988	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	49984	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	49988	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	541	2	49985,49988	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	541	541	1	49985	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	541	541	1	49985	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	541	1	49986	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	49988	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	541	541	1	49985	5251

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
	ree-00349	541	541	Precambrian			low								11329	Korsnäs Lead Mine, Korsnäs, Ostrobothnia, Finland	Korsnas Mine	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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