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Locality Name:
Sauda, Rogaland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 208806
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208806.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sauda, Rogaland, Norway": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Birkeland (Sauda; Almannajuvet) Mines
Breidkvam
Flesjo
Holmavassheia
Lægdene Zn Claim
Skardsli
Storli

Latitude: 59°38'53"N
Longitude: 6°27'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.648055555556,6.4588888888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeGypsumHydrotalciteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteWoodwardite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boyleite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS393207,93221,932239052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41932225516
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O19322123
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O193207925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2693207,93218,93219,93221,93222,9322327198
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2193207327
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4193207445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393207,93218,9322124243
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)19320720
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1932077437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1932076890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61932071066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419320714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21932205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219321817380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21932072273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2493207,93218,93221,9322339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8293207,932239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2493207,93218,93221,9322361156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1932071153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS493207,93218,93221,9322321482
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)193207299
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)19320757


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