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Locality Name:
South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1806
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1795

mindat Locality ID: 305626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alajärvi
Alavus
Kauhajoki
Kuortane
Lappajärvi
Lapua
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki-Lapua

Latitude: 62°41'23"N
Longitude: 23°12'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.689722222222,23.215277777778
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAlluauditeAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArrojaditeArsenicArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBerthieriteBerylBrauniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChildreniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorrensiteCorundum
CovelliteDiamondDumortieriteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFillowiteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
GraftoniteHumiteHureauliteJahnsiteKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
ModderiteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhabdophaneRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSymplesite
TapioliteTengeriteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineTridymiteUllmanniteVivianite
WagneriteZinkeniteZircon

163 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(Y)  (*)Alluaudite  (*)
Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Barićite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bityite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brockite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Coesite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Formanite-(Y)  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Gold  (*)Graftonite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Johnsomervilleite  (*)
Kaatialaite  (*)Kanoite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kinoshitalite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Offretite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pääkkönenite  (*)Paradocrasite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyroxferroite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sarcopside  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Seinäjokite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Arrojadite-(BaFe)  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sonolite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stibarsen  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphotsumoite  (*)Switzerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Taramellite  (*)Tengerite-(Y)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Troilite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Varulite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Westerveldite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS150121312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18061795850092,50095,50098,50100,50102,50111,50112,501148803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)150096706
Allanite-(Y)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaY(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)15009628
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)318061800350095,50100,5011194
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)318061795450095,50100,50107,501142353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe18041800250105,50117489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O179917951501141627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1500981036
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb18041800650105,50108,50109,50111,50117,50119363
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O318061800150100231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS18061800650100,50109,50111,50115,50117,501199052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb218041800250109,5011773
Barićite  (*)Vivianite(Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2·8H2O180418001501107
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S418041800350109,50117,50119343
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)218061795350100,50111,50114606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1818061795950095,50100,50106,50110,50111,50112,50114,50116,501184286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi18041795250114,501151966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3180418001501151935
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)21806180015010031
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4180618001501005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1118041800150109843
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)150121483
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb18041800350105,50109,50119175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6179917951501141633
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O1799179515011448
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18061800350100,50102,5012127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO218061795750095,50100,50105,50111,50112,50114,501185171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO215009694
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)180418001501114979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218061800650100,50102,50109,50115,50117,5011927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS218041800150109162
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O15009593
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2150121285
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)215012157
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8179917951501141756
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO215010277
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O618061795350100,50114,50117518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O617991795150114289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)818061795350100,50111,50114181
Copper  (*)CopperCu179917951501143846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS180618001501004165
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2150098327
Diamond  (*)DiamondC150102697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O618041800250109,501214135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21501219895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18061800150100648
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O1818061800150100231
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S281804180015011518
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18061795350100,50111,50114520
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6150098944
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O17991795150114128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1500968173
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO418061795250100,5011429
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O1806180015010072
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)250098,50121371
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)18041800250111,50118108
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O615012184
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F18061795550096,50098,50100,50110,501142740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF218061800350096,50100,501119617
Formanite-(Y)  (*)NoneYTaO415009613
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)250098,501211188
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2150096163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18041795350114,50115,5011724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS18041800150115131
Gold  (*)CopperAu18041800350109,50115,5011930554
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2150093107
Graphite  (*)NoneC18041800450102,50111,50117,501212812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2150121223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS18041800350109,50117,50119170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318041800250098,5011914640
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS1804180015011135
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)18041800250111,50118204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O18061800150100125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH18061800250100,50117367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O318041800250098,501155433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O217991795150114148
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O1806180015010018
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1418041800150119784
Johnsomervilleite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaFe2+11(PO4)91804180015011011
Kaatialaite  (*)NoneFe3+[AsO2(OH)2]3·5H2O1806180015010012
Kanoite  (*)PyroxeneMnMgSi2O61501217
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418061795450095,50100,50111,501145591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS218041800150109230
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)215012120
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)18041800250111,50117234
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)18061800150100155
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs218061795850095,50100,50109,50111,50114,50115,50117,50119762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)150121451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250098,5012114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21806180015010012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS218041800450109,50111,50117,501195674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18061795650092,50095,50100,50102,50111,501144924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)18061800250095,50100200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O18061795350100,50111,501141508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O250092,50102405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218061795950095,50100,50102,50109,50110,50111,50112,50114,5011817380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)150121186
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O150102146
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1500962994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)180418001501112349
Pääkkönenite  (*)StibniteSb2AsS218041800250105,501098
Paradocrasite  (*)NoneSb2(Sb,As)2180418001501176
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O18061800150100124
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2180418001501172273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)618041800150111477
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O17991795150114140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2180618001150095,50098,50100,50102,50109,50111,50112,50115,50117,50119,5012139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1500961725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3150121244
Pyroxferroite  (*)NoneFe2+SiO3250104,5012117
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3150121147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S818041800750098,50102,50109,50115,50117,50119,501219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2180617951550092,50095,50100,50102,50105,50106,50107,50108,50109,50111,50112,50114,50117,50118,5012161156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O15009249
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1501211711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)250104,50121969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2180418001501175614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)150102598
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)215009358
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)180418001501194894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18061795650095,50100,50110,50111,50114,501162705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O180618001501001153
Seinäjokite  (*)LöllingiteFeSb218041800350105,50109,501174
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O318041800250109,50117179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)18041800250111,501216417
Arrojadite-(BaFe)  (*)ArrojaditeBaFe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2180418001501107
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51501021516
Silver  (*)CopperAg180418001501155186
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)215012150
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)318061795350100,50114,501211214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18061800650100,50109,50111,50115,50117,5011921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4250098,501021934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O618061795550100,50105,50111,50114,50118688
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs1804180015011748
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S318041800450109,50111,50117,501193418
Sulphotsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBi3Te2S1804180015011513
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O1806180015010021
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1806180015010092
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O61804180015011188
Taramellite  (*)NoneBa4(Fe3+,Ti)4O2[B2Si8O27]Clx1501218
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteY2(CO3)3·2-3H2O15009624
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13180618001501001803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)150121240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318041800250109,501175317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)179917951501141006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O18041800350109,50111,501174899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F218061795250100,501051476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21501212562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2150102458
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)18041800250111,50118313
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)15009529
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1501211044
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS18041800250109,50117293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO218061800350095,50100,501112718
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O318041800150109369
Varulite  (*)AlluauditeNa2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)31806180015010015
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O18061800450095,50100,50110,50111636
Westerveldite  (*)ModderiteFeAs18041800250105,5011711
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4150096303
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)17991795250096,50114939
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4218041800150109228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)18061795550096,50100,50102,50111,501145251


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
Alexandra-0405180018001800 Age of pegmatite      1657Kaatiala Pegmatite, Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandKaatialanTuovinen, L. (2013) MT2013_Tuovinen 
Bradley_2012_139180618021804±2U/Pb columbite, tantalite     1657Kaatiala Pegmatite, Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandKaatialaMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_136180418001802±2U/Pb tapionite     1661Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandSeinäjokiMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_137179917951797±2U/Pb columbite, tantalite     9521Haapaluoma Pegmatite, Peräseinäjoki, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandHaapaluomaMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060740Kaatiala Pegmatite, Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finlandhttps://rruff.info/R060740

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