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Locality Name:
Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 193218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bleikvassli Mine
Grasvatn

Latitude: 65°55'23"N
Longitude: 13°52'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.923055555556,13.879444444444
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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmphiboleArsenicArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteGarnetGeocronite
JalpaiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStauroliteStilpnomelane
SulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteWurtzite

68 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Černýite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hematite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Ottemannite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)
Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Zincostaurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S10005411922472793
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)100054119224769
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)10005411922472734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)210005411922473092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1000541192247363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1000541192247379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS10005411922479052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi10005411922471966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410005411922475516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111000541192247843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS310005411922471089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb1000541192247175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)100054119224727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO210005411922475171
Černýite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2CdSnS410005411922478
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10005411922475707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100054119224727198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10005411922471025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10005411922474165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31000541192247802
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)192248648
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5100054119224734
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)1000541192247180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10005411922478173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121000541192247663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41000541192247445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS100054119224724243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21000541192247178
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)10005411922477437
Gold  (*)CopperAu100054119224730554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21000541192247223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1000541192247170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3100054119224714640
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS100054119224735
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O310005411922475433
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS21000541192247116
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141000541192247784
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S231000541192247105
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4100054119224782
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO410005411922471507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4100054119224714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210005411922475674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4100054119224751
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1000541192247915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S241000541192247158
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210005411922475800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2100054119224717380
Ottemannite  (*)NoneSn2S310005411922474
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS310005411922471425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100054119224739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810005411922479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100054119224761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO210005411922475614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10005411922474894
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3100054119224764
Silver  (*)CopperAg10005411922475186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)310005411922471214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS100054119224721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41000541192247668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1000541192247978
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1000541192247456
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1000541192247332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS10005411922472045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1310005411922471803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310005411922475317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O10005411922474899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1000541192247237
Zincostaurolite  (*)StauroliteZn2Al9Si4O23(OH)10005411922476


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
sedexmvt-001911000541Neoproterozoic host rock age      2500Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, NorwayBleikvassliTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-003471000541Neoproterozoic        2500Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, NorwayBleikvassliSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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