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Locality Name:
Sørfold, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 370
Youngest recorded age at locality: 370

mindat Locality ID: 11290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sørfold, Nordland, Norway": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Buvika
Hammerfall Dolomitt AS Quarry
Harelifjell
Kobbelv
Siso Power Plant
Tennvatn Pegmatite

Latitude: 67°30'48"N
Longitude: 15°42'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.513333333333,15.714444444444

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 As B Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAncyliteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteCalcite
ChloriteClayColumbiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
HeulanditeKobelliteLöllingiteMatlockiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelStauroliteStilbiteSulphurTitanite
TourmalineWurtziteZircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenocrandallite  (*)
Asbecasite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bergslagite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismoclite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluor-schorl  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nuffieldite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiocolumbite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Svabite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3703701923888803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)370370192388706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3370370292381,923882353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3703701923882734
Arsenocrandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)637037019238812
Asbecasite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa3TiAs6Be2Si2O203703701923888
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F370370192388304
Bergslagite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(AsO4)(OH)3703701923889
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183703701923884286
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl37037019238871
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)370370192388716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41923815516
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)37037019238846
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)37037019238827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23703701923885171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3703701923884979
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)37037019238846
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83703701923881756
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6370370192388289
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5370370192388344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3703701923884165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21923829895
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4370370192388196
Fluor-schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F37037019238825
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3703701923882740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23703701923889617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS37037019238824243
Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(AsO4)37037019238823
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS370370192388717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O337037019238814640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O370370192388246
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)37037019238855
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2370370192388201
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O370370192388198
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1923851271
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2370370192388762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4370370292381,9238814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3703701923884924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3703701923881107
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)370370192388945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)237037019238817380
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S737037019238832
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O370370192388428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)637037019238851
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2370370192388142
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21923871898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219238739462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3370370192388244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2370370292385,9238861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21923825614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3703701923882705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33703701923881214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)192381978
Stibiocolumbite  (*)NoneSbNbO437037019238813
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O370370192388268
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3703701923882045
Svabite  (*)ApatiteCa5(AsO4)3F37037019238816
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)3703701923881006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O370370292381,923884899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21923832718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43703701923881655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)370370192388939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3703701923885251



1 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
Be-00033370370370  high    AsbecasiteBe11289Tennvatn Pegmatite, Sørfold, Nordland, Norway Husdal (2008) NBS38_5 


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