Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Rødklev Mine (Rødkleiv), Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 147142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rødklev Mine (Rødkleiv), Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°20'59"N
Longitude: 5°13'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.349722222222,5.2322222222222
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 Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayMicaNonePyriteQuartzSphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485444027198
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2485444017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485444039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485444061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485444021482


3 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
Hg-00098500465 U-Pb    YesTemagamiteHg49187Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway Pederson and Hertogen (1990); Dunning and Pedersen (1988)   
vms-00700485444Ordovician     Yes  147141Old Vigsnes Mine, Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, NorwayVigsnesMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00688485444Ordovician        147142Rødklev Mine (Rødkleiv), Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, NorwayRodkleivMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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