Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kvæfjord, Troms, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 156315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kvæfjord, Troms, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Berg Mine
Gullholm
Kveøya

Latitude: 68°42'44"N
Longitude: 16°1'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.712222222222,16.025555555556

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.

Axinite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Warwickite

Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Warwickite ()*

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 B Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Cr Fe Mg O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Digenite Epidote Fluorite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Warwickite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	94144	260
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	94141	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	94141	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	94144	951
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1	94141	82
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	94141	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	94141	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	94141	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	94141	8173
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	94141	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	94141,94144	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	94141	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	94141	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	94141	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	94141	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	94141	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	94141	2718
Warwickite ()*	Warwickite	(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₂O(BO₃)	0		15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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