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Locality Name:
Ulveryggen Copper Deposit, Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 36097
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36097.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulveryggen Copper Deposit, Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 70°25'1"N
Longitude: 24°13'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.416944444444,24.232777777778

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteMalachiteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41000100005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1000100005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210001000027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41000100003902
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1000100004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1000100001027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1000100008173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310001000014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31000100005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410001000014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210001000012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210001000017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210001000039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210001000061156



1 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
sedcu-0053510001000U. Proterozoic     Yes Cu233347Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, NorwayRepparfjordCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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