Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Molybdenite at Norrbotten County, Sweden

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 1856Ma - 92Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Bradley_2012_104	1856	1840	Molybdenite			10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
PorphCu-00380	97	92		Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206176	Vaikijaur Cu-Mo-(Au) Deposit, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Direct age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Bradley_2012_104	1856	1840	Molybdenite			10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Bradley_2012_105	1735	1721	Molybdenite			10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00036	16.1	15.7		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00380	97	92		Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206176	Vaikijaur Cu-Mo-(Au) Deposit, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
vms-00940	1930	1930			S	10617	Pahtohavare Cu-Au Deposit, Kiruna District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00955	2200	2200			S	10618	Viscaria Mine, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Giersdorf_00000332	502	498		Muscovite		16679	Norrbotten County, Sweden	Andréasson et al. (1994)	T231_1
Jen_0001024	1177	1107	Phlogopite			288791	Kalix, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
sedcu-00625	1500	1500			Cu	10591	Aitik Mine, Aitik, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107