Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kuusamo Kimberlites, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

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

mindat Locality ID: 307498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuusamo Kimberlites, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dike 15
Foriet Property (Timantti Project)
Kalettomanpuro
Kasma 45
Kattaisenvaara
Lampi
SCD 47 Claim (Kasma 47)

Latitude: 65°56'54"N
Longitude: 29°6'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.948333333333,29.106944444444

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Mica	None	Perovskite	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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Garnet Mica None Perovskite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kinoshitalite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Spinel ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2100	1800	2	49919,49921	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2100	1800	3	49917,49918,49922	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2100	1800	1	49918	697
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2100	1800	2	49919,49921	5433
Kinoshitalite ()*	Mica Clay	BaMg₃(Si₂Al₂O₁₀)(OH)₂	2100	1800	2	49919,49921	20
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2100	1800	2	49917,49922	14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2100	1800	2	49919,49921	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2100	1800	4	49917,49919,49921,49922	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2100	1800	1	49918	341
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2100	1800	5	49917,49919,49921,49922,49923	1934
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	2100	1800	2	49917,49922	120

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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