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Locality Name:
Riplusdalsnuten Deposit, Skafså, Tokke, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 302239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riplusdalsnuten Deposit, Skafså, Tokke, Telemark, Norway": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Vein No. 1
Vein No. 2
Vein No. 3
Vein No. 4 - Upper Adit
Working No. 5 - Lower Adit

Latitude: 59°24'59"N
Longitude: 7°55'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.416388888889,7.9219444444444

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: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumMeneghiniteMicaNonePyriteQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Emilite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)
Hammarite  (*)Hematite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Lindströmite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3194061315
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2494061,94062,94063,940643092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2494061,94062,94063,9406427198
Emilite  (*)MeneghiniteCu10.7Pb10.7Bi21.3S481940613
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1819406143
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S919406143
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3394061,94062,9406314640
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S619406180
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1519406138
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2394061,94062,9406317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2494061,94062,94063,9406439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2594061,94062,94063,94064,9406561156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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