Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Årdal Copper Mines, Årdal, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 37838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Årdal Copper Mines, Årdal, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Abøle Mine
Åsete
Brekke Mine
Farnes
Gruvefjellet
St. Olavs Prospect

Latitude: 61°20'34"N
Longitude: 7°44'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.342777777778,7.7419444444444

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.

Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	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: Ag Au C Cu Fe H Mo O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H Mo O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	9	93350,93352,93354,93355,93357,93358,93359,93360,93361	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	93360	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	93350,93357,93358,93359	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	93352,93355,93358,93361	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	93354	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	93354	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	93359,93360	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93353	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	93354	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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