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Zircon from
Laivajoki Carbonatite, Posio, Lapland, Finland


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Age information
Maximum recorded age:2020 Ma
Minimum recorded age:2020 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
12020 MaOrosirian - U-Pb
Sample references:
1 -
Vartiainen, H., Woolley, A.R. (1974) The age of the Sokli carbonatite, Finland, and some relationships of the North Atlantic alkaline igneous province. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 46 (1). 81-91 doi:10.17741/bgsf/46.1.010
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Laivajoki Carbonatite, Posio, Lapland, Finland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:937286
Long-form Identifier:1:3:937286:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘKortejÃĪrvi Carbonatite, PudasjÃĪrvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
50.0km (31.1 miles) ⓘKouvervaara, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
89.0km (55.3 miles) ⓘIivaara Intrusion (Ijola), Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
References
www.geologinenseura.fi (n.d.) http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume69/sgs_bt_069_pages_005_030.pd
Vartiainen, H., Woolley, A.R. (1974) The age of the Sokli carbonatite, Finland, and some relationships of the North Atlantic alkaline igneous province. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 46 (1). 81-91 doi:10.17741/bgsf/46.1.010
Nykanen, J., Laajoki, K., & Karhu, J. (1997). Geology and geochemistry of the early Proterozoic Kortejarvi and Laivajoki carbonatites, central Fennoscandian Shield, Finland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 69, 1-2.
Al-Ani, T., Konnunaho, K., & SarapÃĪÃĪ, O. (2011). Microprobe analysis on REE-minerals of EnontekiÃķ (Palkiskuru and Palovaara) and Kuusamo (Hoinkilehto) hydrothermal mineralizations and KortejÃĪrvi-Laivajoki carbonatites, Northern Finland. Geological Survey of Finland. In Geological Survey of Finland, Report M42/2010/66.
tupa.gtk.fi (2016) http://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/m42_2010_69.pdf
 
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