Locality type:

Complex

Classification

Species:

Zircon

Formula:

Zr(SiO₄)

Age information

Maximum recorded age:

2020 Ma

Minimum recorded age:

2020 Ma

Sample ages:

	Recorded age	Geologic Time	Sample	Dating method
1	2020 Ma	Orosirian	-	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. Bull. Geol, 81-91.

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):

d186cf4e-a687-4212-8a1d-7e55743bfdf4

Nearest other occurrences of Zircon

12.9km (8.0 miles)

ⓘ Kortejärvi Carbonatite, Pudasjärvi, 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. Bull. Geol, 81-91.

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., & Sarapää, O. (2011). Microprobe analysis on REE-minerals of Enontekiö (Palkiskuru and Palovaara) and Kuusamo (Hoinkilehto) hydrothermal mineralizations and Kortejärvi-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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Zircon from Laivajoki Carbonatite, Posio, Lapland, Finland

Zircon from
Laivajoki Carbonatite, Posio, Lapland, Finland