Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Biggejavri, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 195389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Biggejavri, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 69°21'9"N
Longitude: 23°26'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.3525,23.436666666667

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.

Brannerite	Calcite	Clay	Crichtonite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thortveitite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Davidite-(La) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Loveringite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*
Thortveitite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K La Mg Na O Pb S Sc Si Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K La Mg Na O Pb S Sc Si Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brannerite Calcite Clay Crichtonite Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Thortveitite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	8803
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2500	541	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2500	541	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2500	541	566
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	2500	541	31
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	24243
Loveringite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₁₈O₃₈	2500	541	9
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	541	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2500	541	1006
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	2500	541	54
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	541	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2500	541	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2500	541	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00655	2500	541	Proterozoic	Yes	2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (A)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00656	2500	541	Proterozoic	Yes	2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (B)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00657	2500	541	Proterozoic	Yes	2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (C)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00658	2500	541	Proterozoic	Yes	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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