Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 214671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hankabakken Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Apophyllite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite

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: Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Copper ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	485	444	3846
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	485	444	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	444	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	444	9056

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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