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Locality Name:
Storwartz Mine Field, Røros Copper Mines, Røros, Trøndelag, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 189904
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189904.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Storwartz Mine Field, Røros Copper Mines, Røros, Trøndelag, Norway": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gamle Solskinn Mine
Ny Solskinn Mine
Nyberget Mine
Olavs Mine
Old Storwartz Mine
Storwartz Mine

Latitude: 62°37'59"N
Longitude: 11°33'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.633055555556,11.566388888889

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 As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumCubaniteMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzSphaleriteTitaniteValleriiteWurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS294445,944469052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi394443,94444,944481966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19444827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2494444,94445,94446,9444827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS194448966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3394445,94446,94448802
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)294446,94448180
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3294444,944455433
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2294446,944485800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2294445,9444839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8594443,94444,94445,94446,944489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2294446,9444861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS594444,94445,94446,94447,9444821482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O294444,944484899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]594443,94444,94445,94446,94448237



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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