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:
Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2096.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 233347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bratthammer Mine
Ulveryggen Copper Deposit

Latitude: 70°24'58"N
Longitude: 24°12'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.416111111111,24.211944444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

16 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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1000	1000	1	91534	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	1000	1	91533	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1000	1000	1	91534	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	1000	2	91533,91534	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1000	1000	1	91534	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1000	1000	1	91534	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1000	1000	1	91534	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1000	1000	1	91534	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1000	1000	1	91534	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1000	1000	1	91534	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1000	1000	2	91533,91534	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1000	1000	1	91534	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	1000	1	91534	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	1000	2	91533,91534	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	1000	1	91533	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	1000	2	91533,91534	61156

5 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	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
EG110_677_0001	2096.3	2060.7	2078.5 ± 17.8	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		233347	Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway	Repparfjorden, Norway	Perello (2015)	EG110_677
EG110_677_0002	1769	1753	1761 ± 8	Re-Os	mineralization	molybdenite	Molybdenite		233347	Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway	Repparfjorden, Norway	Perello (2015)	EG110_677
EG110_677_0003	1775	1761	1768 ± 7	Re-Os	mineralization	molybdenite	Molybdenite		233347	Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway	Repparfjorden, Norway	Perello (2015)	EG110_677
sedcu-00535	1000	1000	U. Proterozoic					Cu	233347	Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway	Repparfjord	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
TP659_70_0001	2083	2055	2069 ± 14	Re-Os	mineralization	pyrite, chalcopyrite			233347	Repparfjorden, Kvalsund, Finnmark, Norway	Repparfjorden, Norway	Torgersen (2015)	TP659_70

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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