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Locality Name:
Strømsheia (Straumsheia), Valle, Aust-Agder, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 13972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strømsheia (Straumsheia), Valle, Aust-Agder, Norway": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Amalie Mine
Berevatn Prospect
Brattebrok Copper Prospect
Gamle Mine
Kong Oskars Copper Mine
Kvæve Area
Kvævind Copper Mine

Latitude: 59°7'6"N
Longitude: 7°44'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.118333333333,7.7438888888889
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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBerylBrookiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneQuartzSpinelVesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181908824286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4290879,908825516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2190882700
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S390879,90880,908825707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O290879,908823531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81908821756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1908798173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21908799617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4190885445
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O190882198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4290879,9088214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2390879,90880,9088212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21908805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2290879,9088217380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2290879,9088261156
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21908822718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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