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Locality Name:
Moisesberg Mines, Fyresdal, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 187189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moisesberg Mines, Fyresdal, Telemark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grusen Mine
Lampertischen Tauben Mine
Moberg Mine

Latitude: 59°18'44"N
Longitude: 7°52'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.312222222222,7.8722222222222

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Se Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltTetradymite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Kawazulite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21936605509
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)219365996
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4393658,93659,936605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19365927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S293658,936595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2293658,9365927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1936593846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS293659,936604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1936592970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1936581027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16193658300
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19365824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1936597437
Gold  (*)CopperAu19366030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393658,93659,9366014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te293658,93659804
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se19366032
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2393658,93659,9366012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2393658,93659,936605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2293658,9365917380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393658,93659,9366061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1936585186
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3293658,93660276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S293658,93660510
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3393658,93659,93660297



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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