Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ulefoss, Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 602
Youngest recorded age at locality: 525

mindat Locality ID: 13971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulefoss, Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bjøndalen
Grønvoldvegen Road Cut (Mn Oxide Vein)
Hydro Quarry

Latitude: 59°16'53"N
Longitude: 9°16'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.281388888889,9.2830555555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel

16 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	602	525	1	93849	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	602	525	1	93848	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	602	525	3	93847,93848,93849	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	602	525	1	93849	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	602	525	1	93849	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	602	525	2	93848,93849	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	602	525	1	93849	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	602	525	1	93849	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	602	525	1	93849	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	602	554	1	93849	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	602	525	1	93849	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	602	525	1	93848	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	602	525	1	93849	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	602	525	2	93848,93849	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	602	525	1	93848	312
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	602	525	1	93849	27

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000509	Baltica carbonatite complex
Jen_0001168	MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular bodies, dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Melteigite, ijolite, urtite, augite-amphibole-biotite rock, nepheline syenites and fenite.
Jen_0001169	MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular bodies, dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Melteigite, ijolite, urtite, augite-amphibole-biotite rock, nepheline syenites and fenite.
Jen_0001170	MAGMATIC STYLE: Irregular bodies, dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Melteigite, ijolite, urtite, augite-amphibole-biotite rock, nepheline syenites and fenite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000509	598	568	583±15	Ar-Ar		Yes		14357	Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway	Fen Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0001168	557	543	550±7	Rb-Sr	whole rock	Yes		14357	Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway	Fen	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001169	602	554	578±24	Rb-Sr	phlogopite	Yes	Phlogopite	14357	Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway	Fen	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001170	553	525	539±14	Pb-Pb		Yes		14357	Fen Complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway	Fen	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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