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Locality Name:
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 565
Youngest recorded age at locality: 265

mindat Locality ID: 14336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drammen, Buskerud, Norway": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bragernes Tunnel
Drammensmarka
E 134 Road
Haukåsen
Kleivene Tunnel E18
Kobbervikdalen
Konnerud
Lerum
Skoger

Latitude: 59°43'37"N
Longitude: 10°10'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.726944444444,10.182222222222
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: Ag Al As B Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Mn O Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicAxiniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantite
BrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHeulanditeIlvaiteKaoliniteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelane
TetradymiteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

102 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Linarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganilvaite  (*)Manganite  (*)Miharaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Nukundamite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2270265390927,90939,909403419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3270265390940,90946,90948315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)270265590921,90927,90939,90940,909548803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2290919,909272162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3270265690919,90920,90927,90936,90940,909491534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)270265390943,90949,909542734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2702651909401036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2270265190940718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4270265190940708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)270265290940,909433250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6270265790927,90940,90942,90943,90945,90949,90954919
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)219092288
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2270265690927,90935,90940,90942,90943,909445509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)270265190948161
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)290927,90939255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1856526504286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2702651909511966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3270265290940,909541935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)270265290949,90954716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4270265490935,90940,90949,909525516
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)427026519094079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6270265490940,90943,90947,909491633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2190927700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2702651590918,90927,90928,90930,90931,90932,90937,90938,90940,90941,90942,90946,90948,90949,9095227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)270265590940,90943,90947,90949,909544979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S270265490935,90940,90948,909545707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22702651090927,90935,90938,90940,90941,90943,90948,90949,90952,9095427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2702651909493846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS270265290940,909524165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O270265290940,909432970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O270265390940,90943,90949366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4190927651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2702651909401027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6270265390927,90940,909484135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2290918,909279895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2270265190940246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4270265190940910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270265690927,90928,90939,90940,90949,909548173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O270265190940345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25652651390927,90930,90932,90934,90935,90937,90938,90939,90940,90948,90949,90956,909589617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2702651290927,90934,90935,90938,90940,90942,90943,90945,90948,90949,90951,9095424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)270265690927,90931,90940,90948,90949,909557437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O270265190948188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS270265190941717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3270265890923,90938,90940,90942,90943,90948,90950,909541544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O270265390938,90940,909546890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2702651909401398
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS19095562
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6270265390940,90941,90942741
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S190927237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35652651190920,90923,90927,90932,90935,90938,90939,90940,90949,90954,9095814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O270265590940,90942,90943,90949,909541689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O290923,90929246
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)5652650469
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2270265190948201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6270265290940,909491066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4270265190940142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31909275433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42702651909405591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O270265490940,90943,90948,90954593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O490927,90930,90939,909541271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2270265690935,90940,90943,90946,90947,90949987
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)270265190940451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4270265390927,90939,9094014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270265690938,90940,90943,90947,90949,9095412537
Manganilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe2+Fe3+Mn2+(Si2O7)O(OH)2702651909425
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)270265190949770
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS627026519094019
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2270265390930,90934,909405800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O270265290927,909401508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2270265290927,9094017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O270265190940471
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S427026519094016
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O390923,90924,909272994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)270265490927,90930,90939,909402349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)5652650326
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O270265290940,90943309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2270265390927,90928,909401898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270265890927,90930,90934,90938,90940,90943,90946,9094839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2270265390923,90925,909403106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82702651909409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22702651590919,90920,90921,90923,90927,90928,90930,90931,90935,90937,90938,90939,90940,90943,9094861156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)270265290940,90945969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21909195614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1909274894
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O270265290940,90943142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O270265390940,90943,90949292
Silver  (*)CopperAg2702651909405186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)270265990927,90940,90942,90943,90947,90949,90951,90952,909542473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2702651490927,90934,90935,90936,90938,90940,90942,90943,90948,90949,90950,90952,90954,9095521482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O190954456
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl270265190940275
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S270265190940510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O390927,90930,909394899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21909202562
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl270265190940605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10270265590919,90923,90924,90926,909501395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4270265190940303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32702651909501247
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O270265390940,90946,9094895
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4270265790927,90930,90940,90943,90947,90948,909541655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1909275251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_724Biotite from a porphyritic granite, road cut near Skoglyst, Drammen


2 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
sedznpb-00350270265270–265        32787Konnerudkollen Mines (Konnerud Mines), Konnerud, Drammen, Buskerud, NorwayKonnerudkollenSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Michelle_724565565565K-ArAge of Drammen granitebiotite     288080Skoger, Drammen, Buskerud, NorwaySkoglyst, DrammenNeumann (1960) NGT40_173See Table 1. "The Drammen granite is usually considered to be younger than the Oslo Nordmarkite, but both rocks intrude basalts and rhomb-porphyry lavas which are interbedded with fossiliferous lake deposits of Lower Permian age."

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