Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 195388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Anárjohka River Alluvials
Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit
Biggejavri
Gaskkabeaivári
Giednjujohka

Latitude: 69°5'24"N
Longitude: 23°47'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.09,23.790833333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brannerite	Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Tetradymite	Thortveitite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Buckhornite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*
Dolomite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Loveringite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Thorite ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Violarite ()*	Vulcanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sc Si Te Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brannerite Buckhornite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Crichtonite
Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Tetradymite Thortveitite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	1	91523	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	2	91523,91524	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2500	541	1	91523	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2500	541	1	91523	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2500	541	1	91523	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	1	91523	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2500	541	1	91523	5509
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2500	541	1	91524	248
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)	2500	541	1	91523	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2500	541	1	91523	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	2	91523,91524	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	1	91523	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2500	541	1	91524	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2500	541	1	91524	566
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	2500	541	1	91524	31
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	2	91523,91524	9895
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	2500	541	1	91523	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	1	91524	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	3	91522,91523,91527	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	1	91523	14640
Loveringite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₁₈O₃₈	2500	541	1	91524	9
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2500	541	1	91523	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	1	91523	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	1	91523	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	541	1	91523	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2500	541	1	91523	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2500	541	1	91523	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	3	91523,91524,91526	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2500	541	1	91523	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2500	541	1	91522	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	2	91523,91524	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	1	91523	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	1	91523	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	3	91523,91524,91526	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	541	2	91523,91524	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2500	541	1	91523	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	2	91523,91524	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	1	91523	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2500	541	1	91523	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2500	541	1	91523	276
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2500	541	1	91524	1006
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	2500	541	2	91523,91524	54
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	1	91523	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	541	1	91524	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2500	541	1	91524	890
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2500	541	1	91523	380
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe	2500	541	1	91523	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2500	541	1	91524	5251

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
RG49_13_0001	1657	1513	1585 ± 72	U-Pb	mineralization	calcite	Calcite	2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
RG49_13_0002	1903	1867	1885 ± 18	U-Pb	mineralization	davidite		2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
RG49_13_0003	1959	1659	1809 ± 150	U-Pb	mineralization	calcite	Calcite	2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
RG49_13_0004	1361	1317	1339 ± 22	Pb-Pb	hydrothermal alteration	albite felsite		2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
vms-00655	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (A)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00656	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (B)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00657	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (C)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00658	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (D)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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