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:
Tinnsjå (Tinnsjø; Lake Tinn), Tinn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 224766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tinnsjå (Tinnsjø; Lake Tinn), Tinn, Telemark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tinnsjå Cu-Ag Prospect (Hovin Deposit; Vasstveit Deposit; Vastveit Mine)
Tinnsjå Cu-Ag Prospect (Hovin Deposit; Vasstveit Deposit)

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Spinel
Stibnite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Larosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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: Ag Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Digenite Molybdenite None Quartz Spinel
Stibnite Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	1	94004	3419
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	94002	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	94002,94004	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	94002,94004	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	94002,94004	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	94002,94004	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	94004	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	94002,94004	1027
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	94004	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	94004	5433
Larosite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₂₁PbBiS₁₃	2	94002,94004	6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	94002	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	94004	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	94002,94004	61156
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	94002	332
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	94004	4899
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2	94002,94004	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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