Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Høgetveit Feldspar Quarry, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 923
Youngest recorded age at locality: 895

mindat Locality ID: 2506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Høgetveit Feldspar Quarry, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°33'52"N
Longitude: 7°50'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.564444444444,7.8469444444444

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.

Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Stibnite	Thortveitite	Zircon

Bismuthinite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thorianite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Fe H K O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Ca Fe H K O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Stibnite Thortveitite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	923	895	1935
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	923	895	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	923	895	5433
Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Thortveitite	Y₂Si₂O₇	923	895	13
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	923	895	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	923	895	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	923	895	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	923	895	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	923	895	61156
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	923	895	236
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	923	895	939
Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂Si₂O₇	923	895	25
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	923	895	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
Bradley_2012_119	913	909	911±2	U/Pb	gadolinite		Yes			5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Mo-00067	914	904	909±5	Rb-Sr			Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje-Iveland	Andersen (2001)		MT2001_Andersen
Mo-00068	923	895	909±14	U-Pb	gadolinite	gd-7	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje-Iveland	Scherer et al. (2001)	10.1126/science.1061372	S293_683
Mo-00069	912.1	908.9	910.5±1.6	U-Pb concordia	gadolinite	gd-5, gd-6, gd-7, gd-8	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje-Iveland	Scherer et al. (2001)	10.1126/science.1061372	S293_683

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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