Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mellomgruvene, Skuterud Mines (Skutterud Mines; Modum Cobalt Mines), Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1463
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1080

mindat Locality ID: 233907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mellomgruvene, Skuterud Mines (Skutterud Mines; Modum Cobalt Mines), Modum, Buskerud, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Midtgruven

Latitude: 59°58'27"N
Longitude: 9°51'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.974166666667,9.8644444444444

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 As Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1463	1080	0		718
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1463	1080	0		27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1463	1080	1	91285	966
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1463	1080	0		178
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1116	1108	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1463	1080	0		17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1463	1080	1	91285	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1463	1080	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1463	1080	1	91285	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1463	1080	0		1516

3 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	Dated Mineral	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
Co-00003	1212	1080	1146±66	Pb-Pb	random mixture of iron-cobalt sulphide and arsenid		Yes		Cobaltite, Erythrite, Glaucodot, Linnaeite, Skutterudite	Co, U, Fe, Cu, As, S	2497	Skuterud Mines (Skutterud Mines; Modum Cobalt Mines), Modum, Buskerud, Norway	Skuterud cobalt mines	Andersen & Grorud (1998)	10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00061-8	PR91_419
Co-00004	1463	1405	1434±29	Pb-Pb	random mixture of iron-cobalt sulphide and arsenid		Yes		Cobaltite, Erythrite, Glaucodot, Linnaeite, Skutterudite	Co, U, Fe, Cu, As, S	2497	Skuterud Mines (Skutterud Mines; Modum Cobalt Mines), Modum, Buskerud, Norway	Skuterud cobalt mines	Andersen & Grorud (1998)	10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00061-8	PR91_419
Mo-00041	1116	1108	1112±4	Re-Os	molybdenite	BU9601	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	2497	Skuterud Mines (Skutterud Mines; Modum Cobalt Mines), Modum, Buskerud, Norway	Skuterud	Bingen et al. (2008)		NJG88_13

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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