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Locality Name:
Frikstad 03 Feldspar Quarry (Tuftane), Frikstad, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1281
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1090

mindat Locality ID: 2483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frikstad 03 Feldspar Quarry (Tuftane), Frikstad, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°31'27"N
Longitude: 7°53'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.524166666667,7.8975
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K Mo Nb O P S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K Ln Mo Nb O P S Sc Si Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteBerylClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumCrichtoniteEpidoteFeldsparGadolinite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelThortveititeZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Beryl  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Davidite-(Ce)  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Thortveitite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6128110900141
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181281109004286
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1281109001025
Davidite-(Ce)  (*)CrichtoniteCe(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)381090109005
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6128110900414
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2128110900163
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31281109005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412811090014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1281109004924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21281109005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212811090017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212811090039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212811090061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21281109005614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12811090021482
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O712811090054
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)128110900939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1281127705251


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cr-00015109010901090U-Pb cleveite  YesDavidite-(Ce)Cr14334Aust-Agder, NorwayAust-Agder, TelemarkGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 
Bradley_2012_082128112771279±2U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  48160Frikstad, Iveland, Aust-Agder, NorwayFrikstadMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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