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Locality Name:
Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 977
Youngest recorded age at locality: 966

mindat Locality ID: 132017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ørsdalen Mines

Latitude: 58°40'29"N
Longitude: 6°26'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.674722222222,6.4369444444444

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.

Arsenic	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite

Almandine ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spinel ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Garnet Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Scheelite Spinel Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	977	966	1	92918	2353
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	977	966	1	92918	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	977	966	1	92918	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	977	966	1	92918	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	977	966	1	92918	1008
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	977	966	2	92918,92919	551
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	977	966	1	92918	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	977	966	2	92918,92919	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	977	966	1	92918	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	977	966	1	92918	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	977	966	1	92918	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	977	966	1	92918	4894
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	977	966	1	92918	1934
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	977	966	1	92918	120

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference
Mo-00226	973	967	970±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-MJ1	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway	Ørsdalen	Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)
Mo-00227	977	971	974±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-MJ2	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway		Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)
Mo-00228	975	969	972±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-MJ2	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway		Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)
Mo-00229	972	966	969±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-ST1	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway		Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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