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Locality Name:
Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 14413
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14413.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Andreas Prospect
Anna Mine
Avilon Adit
Baches Mine
Bursi Mine
Charlotta Mine
Fjelds Mine
Furuhaugen Mine
Giken II Mine
Giken Mine
Giken-Charlotta Mine
Hankabakken Mine
Helsingborg Mine
Holmsen Mine (Gudrun Mine)
Jakobsbakken Mines
Kochs Mine
Kong Oskar Mine
Mons Petter Mine
Northern Shaft
Ny-Sulitjelma Mine
Rupsi Adit
Sagmo Mine
Såki II
Såki Mine
Seksa Adit
Sture Mine

Latitude: 67°7'58"N
Longitude: 16°4'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.132777777778,16.077222222222

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Amphibole	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet
Geocronite	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Harmotome	Heulandite	Löllingite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Garnet
Geocronite Gypsum Gyrolite Harmotome Heulandite Löllingite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Valleriite Wurtzite

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Almandine ()*
Altaite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurostibite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Costibite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Empressite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hessite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Heulandite-Sr ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nisbite ()*
Okenite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Silver ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tsumoite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Witherite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	470	470	0		2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	485	444	1	92152	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	485	444	2	92152,92156	8803
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	485	444	0		69
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	485	444	0		2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	485	444	0		489
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	485	444	2	92152,92156	1588
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	485	444	2	92156,92168	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	485	444	1	92156	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485	444	5	92152,92155,92156,92168,92183	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	485	444	1	92155	73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	444	3	92151,92152,92156	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	485	444	1	92155	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	470	470	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	485	444	3	92156,92168,92186	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	470	470	1	92168	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	470	470	1	92168	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	485	444	2	92155,92156	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	444	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	485	444	0		5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	470	470	0		1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	444	6	92151,92152,92155,92168,92178,92186	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	485	444	1	92168	281
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	485	444	0		1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	485	444	2	92154,92165	3846
Costibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS	470	470	1	92168	19
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	470	470	1	92168	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	485	444	1	92168	180
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	485	444	1	92155	43
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	485	444	0		8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	485	444	5	92152,92156,92165,92178,92182	303
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	470	470	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	444	3	92155,92168,92186	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	444	2	92155,92168	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	485	444	3	92155,92168,92177	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	470	470	0		6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	485	444	1	92152	142
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	485	444	1	92152	290
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	485	444	1	92168	804
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	485	444	0		246
Heulandite-Sr ()*	Heulandite	(Sr,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·24H₂O	485	444	0		9
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	485	444	1	92152	85
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	485	444	0		5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	470	470	1	92168	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	470	470	1	92168	105
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	485	444	3	92168,92183,92186	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	485	444	1	92168	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	485	444	1	92168	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	470	470	0		451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	444	2	92152,92178	14899
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	470	470	1	92168	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	470	470	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	485	444	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	485	444	0		17380
Nisbite ()*	Löllingite	NiSb₂	485	444	3	92155,92156,92168	20
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	485	444	2	92152,92183	71
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	470	470	1	92168	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	444	7	92152,92155,92156,92165,92168,92183,92186	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	444	6	92155,92156,92165,92168,92183,92186	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	3	92151,92156,92168	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	470	470	0		712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	485	444	2	92152,92156	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	485	444	2	92152,92178	390
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	470	470	1	92168	64
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	485	444	1	92155	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	485	444	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	444	3	92155,92168,92186	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	485	444	1	92151	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	485	444	2	92155,92168	668
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	485	444	0		3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	485	444	2	92155,92168	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	470	470	1	92168	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	485	444	3	92155,92168,92177	5317
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	485	444	3	92152,92156,92167	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	485	444	1	92152	4899
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	485	444	0		100
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	470	470	1	92168	237
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	485	444	1	92156	251

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00666	485	444	Ordovician		14413	Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Giken-Charlotta-Mons Petter-Palmberg-Hankabakken-Sturre	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00661	485	444	Ordovician		214670	Bursi Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Bursi	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00664	470	470	Ordovician	S	214673	Furuhaugen Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Furuhaugen	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00674	470	470	Ordovician	S	34428	Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Jakobsbakken	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00653	485	444	Ordovician		246377	Anna Adit, Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Anna	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00685	485	444	Ordovician		214669	Ny-Sulitjelma Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Ny Sulitjelma	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00691	470	470	Ordovician	S	214679	Sagmo Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Sagmo	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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