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Locality Name:
Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 156323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Amsrud
Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall
Hunndalen
Nygard Quarry

Latitude: 60°47'34"N
Longitude: 10°41'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.792777777778,10.684444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19248411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)392484,92485,9248627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219248627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2492483,92484,92485,924869895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1924868173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2292485,924869617
Graphite  (*)NoneC1924862812
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419248614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219248612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21924865800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219248617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2292483,9248639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2392484,92485,9248661156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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