Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ny-Sulitjelma Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 214669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ny-Sulitjelma Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Valdis Adit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

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 Ca Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Okenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485	444	9052
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	485	444	1507
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	485	444	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	444	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	444	9056

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00653	485	444	Ordovician							Yes				246377	Anna Adit, Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Anna	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00685	485	444	Ordovician											214669	Ny-Sulitjelma Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Ny Sulitjelma	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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