Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Charlotta Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 32728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charlotta Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gyrolite	Harmotome	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*
Magnetite ()*	Okenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Ettringite Feldspar Gyrolite Harmotome Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile Spinel Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	485	444	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	485	444	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	485	444	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485	444	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	444	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	444	27198
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	485	444	303
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	485	444	142
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	485	444	290
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	485	444	85
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	444	14899
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	485	444	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	444	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	485	444	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	485	444	390
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	485	444	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	485	444	4899

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	vms-00653	485	444	Ordovician							Yes				246377	Anna Adit, Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Anna	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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