Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elsjø Mining Field, Nannestad, Akershus, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 35666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elsjø Mining Field, Nannestad, Akershus, Norway": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dalstjern Mine
Elsjøkongen
Engelstadvangen
Gruveliastollen (Gruvelia Adit)
Knepphaughytta
Nedre Gruvelia Mine
Øvre Gruvelia Mine
Sulitjelma Mine

Latitude: 60°10'46"N
Longitude: 10°51'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.179444444444,10.865

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.

Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite
Vesuvianite

Aragonite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite
Vesuvianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	89604	3250
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	89599	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	89595,89597,89599,89601,89604,89606	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	89603	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	89595,89597,89599,89600,89606	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	89595,89597,89599,89603,89606	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	89599	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	89599	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	89599,89603	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	89606	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	89597,89606	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	89601,89606	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	89595,89606	1066
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	89598,89599	1271
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	89599	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	89597,89599,89603,89605,89606	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	89603	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	89595,89597,89599,89600,89604	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	89595,89597,89603	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	89595,89606	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	89599	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	89595,89597,89599,89600,89601,89603,89604,89605,89606	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	89599	510
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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