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Locality Name:
Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1788
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419

mindat Locality ID: 192692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Drag
Funta Prospect
Hellemobotn
Hundholmen
Indre Tysfjord
Kjøpsvik
Lillebotn Copper Deposit
Segltind Lead Prospect
Sørfjorden
Stetind Pegmatite

Latitude: 68°7'10"N
Longitude: 16°18'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.119444444444,16.312777777778
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 As Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U W Y Yb Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAncyliteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBastnäsiteBerylBetpakdalite
BismutiteBrookiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumDundasiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteFornaciteGadoliniteGarnet
GateliteGypsumHellanditeLöllingiteMicaMilariteMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOkanoganiteParisitePharmacosideritePhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRowlandite
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTengeriteTetrahedriteThortveititeTitanite
TopazTourmalineZircon

121 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamsite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(Y)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alnaperbøeite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atelisite-(Y)  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bastnäsite-(Nd)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Bornite  (*)Britholite-(Y)  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)
Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cayalsite-(Y)  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Hundholmenite-(Y)  (*)
Idaite  (*)Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)
Keiviite-(Y)  (*)Keiviite-(Yb)  (*)Kozoite-(Nd)  (*)Kuliokite-(Y)  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)Löllingite  (*)Luinaite-(OH)  (*)Magnesiorowlandite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Perbøeite-(Ce)  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rowlandite-(Y)  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schlüterite-(Y)  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stetindite-(Ce)  (*)Strontiodresserite  (*)Svabite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vyuntspakhkite-(Y)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamsite-(Y)  (*)Not in a structural groupNaY(CO3)2·6H2O174217421924313
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)17881696892415,92419,92423,92428,92430,92431,92435,924398803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17881696592410,92415,92420,92431,92439706
Allanite-(Y)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaY(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17881696292431,9243928
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3292428,924352353
Alnaperbøeite-(Ce)  (*)Gatelite(CaCe2.5Na0.5)(Al4)(Si2O7)(SiO4)3O(OH)2178816961924391
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2292413,924352162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21924353092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)217881696392420,92431,92439356
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17421742692406,92410,92418,92420,92422,924319052
Atelisite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY4Si3O8(OH)8178816961924391
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F17881696692410,92419,92420,92423,92431,92439304
Bastnäsite-(Nd)  (*)BastnäsiteNd(CO3)F178816961924394
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)192419255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)217421742192431606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1817881696492415,92419,92431,924394286
Betpakdalite-CaCa  (*)Betpakdalite[Ca2(H2O)17Ca(H2O)6][Mo6+8As5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]19242215
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)617421742192431413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi392410,92422,924301966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)192422716
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O1742174219243167
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44444191924365516
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)17881696492410,92420,92431,9243928
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2192413700
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)17881696292431,9243946
Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)AncyliteNd2.8Ca1.2(CO3)4(OH)3·H2O178816961924395
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17421742592410,92419,92428,92431,9243527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21924105171
Cayalsite-(Y)  (*)Not in a structural groupCaY6Al2Si4O18F617881696292420,924392
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO21742174219243194
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1924134979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O17881696192439310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O1742174219243130
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O1742174219243166
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S444419292434,924365707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21742419492410,92431,92435,9243627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)817421742192431577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)817421742292431,924351756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O17421742192431566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O617881696392412,92431,92439518
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16192406599
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16444419192436300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)217421742292431,924359895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)192435648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)174217421924318173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O617421742392419,92423,92431414
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)192406551
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO417881696292431,92439196
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF317421742392415,92423,9243145
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F174217421924312740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF217881696892410,92415,92419,92420,92423,92431,92435,924399617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)217421742292428,92431163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17421742492410,92429,92431,9243724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu44441919243630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1924062812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O174217421924316890
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)219242818
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317881696292430,9243914640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)1742174219243155
Hundholmenite-(Y)  (*)Okanoganite(Y,REE,Ca,Na)15(Al,Fe3+)CaxAs3+1-x(Si,As5+)Si6B3(O,F)4817881696392420,92431,924395
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4444419192436142
Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2(SiO4)(CO3)292418,924208
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31924285433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O17881696392410,92420,9243999
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O1742174219243128
Keiviite-(Y)  (*)ThortveititeY2Si2O717881696292420,9243913
Keiviite-(Yb)  (*)ThortveititeYb2Si2O7178816961924392
Kozoite-(Nd)  (*)AncyliteNd(CO3)(OH)178816961924393
Kuliokite-(Y)  (*)NoneY4Al(SiO4)2(OH)2F5178816961924393
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O174217421924311271
Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteCaY4(CO3)7·9H2O1742174219243110
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2392415,92418,92419762
Luinaite-(OH)  (*)Tourmaline(Na,   )(Fe2+,Mg)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4174217421924319
Magnesiorowlandite-(Y)  (*)RowlanditeY4(Mg,Fe)(Si2O7)2F2178816961924392
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41742174219243114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)17881696792410,92415,92419,92420,92430,92431,924394924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O492412,92419,92423,92430156
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1924351066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217421742592406,92419,92423,92431,924355800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)17421742392415,92431,92435945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O174217421924311508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217881696692415,92419,92420,92431,92435,9243917380
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O17881696192439144
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F217421742192431112
Perbøeite-(Ce)  (*)Gatelite(CaCe3)(Al3Fe2+)(Si2O7)(SiO4)3O(OH)217881696392410,92431,924394
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O292415,92422428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)192419326
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)192438260
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6192406121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217421742492410,92419,92431,9243539462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3192430244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8392406,92410,924359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2178816961092408,92410,92411,92415,92419,92422,92423,92431,92435,9243961156
Rowlandite-(Y)  (*)RowlanditeFe2+Y4(Si2O7)2F217881696292420,924398
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO217421742492406,92413,92431,924355614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8192406353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1924064894
Schlüterite-(Y)  (*)Epidote(Y,REE)2AlSi2O7(OH)2F178816961924391
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17421742292430,924312705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O292415,924221153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1924066417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS592406,92410,92429,92435,9243721482
Stetindite-(Ce)  (*)ZirconCe(SiO4)178816961924393
Strontiodresserite  (*)DundasiteSrAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O1924354
Svabite  (*)ApatiteCa5(AsO4)3F19243016
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F17421742192431232
Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)NoneCaNd(CO3)2F1924207
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F17881696292431,9243955
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6192415211
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13178816961924395317
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)NoneY3Si3O10F17881696292431,9243926
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)17881696292431,924391006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1924354899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21924151476
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)FornaciteCe2Al(SiO4)2(OH)17881696392410,92431,9243923
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO217881696392406,92431,924392718
Vyuntspakhkite-(Y)  (*)NoneY(Al,Si)(SiO4)(OH,O)217881696292420,924394
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO417421742292413,924311655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)17421742192431939
Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2Si2O71788169619243925
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)17881696592410,92415,92419,92431,924395251


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
Be-00032174217421742  high    Hingganite-(Y)Be11288Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway Andresen and Tull (1986) NGT66_69 
vms-00678444419Silurian  high      34420Lillebotn Copper Deposit, Tysfjord, Nordland, NorwayLilleboMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
TMA-00003178816961742±46Rb-SrTysfjord gneiss granitewhole rock     50519Stetind Pegmatite, Tysfjord, Nordland, NorwayTysfjord gneiss graniteAndresen & Tull (1986) NGT66_69Tysfjord granite is derived by ultrametamorphism

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130043Stetind Pegmatite, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R130043

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