Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Otta, Sel, Oppland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 51162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otta, Sel, Oppland, Norway": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Åsåren
Hovdalspiggen
Høgsætra Quarry
Raphamseter
Tokampen

Latitude: 61°47'42"N
Longitude: 9°30'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.795,9.5038888888889

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.

Amarantite	Amphibole	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Hexahydrite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Amarantite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Slavíkite ()*	Talc ()*

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: Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mg Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amarantite Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Hexahydrite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel Talc

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92633	3419
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	1	92633	22
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	92633	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	92633	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	92631,92632,92633,92635	9895
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	92633	414
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	92634	107
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	92633	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	92633	251
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	92633	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	92633	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	92633	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	92633	61156
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O	1	92633	44
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92633	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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