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Locality Name:
Troms, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419

mindat Locality ID: 23868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Troms, Norway": 140
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 95

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Balsfjord
Bardu
Berg
Dyrøy
Gratangen
Harstad
Ibestad
Kåfjord
Karlsøy
Kvæfjord
Kvænangen
Lavangen
Lenvik
Lyngen
Målselv
Nordreisa
Ringvassøy
Salangen
Senja Island
Skånland
Skjervøy
Sørreisa
Storfjord
Torsken
Tranøy
Tromsø

Latitude: 69°16'35"N
Longitude: 18°46'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.276388888889,18.773333333333
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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaotiteBaryteBerthierite
BrauniteBruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHeulanditeHumiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMica
MilleriteMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePharmacosideritePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StauroliteStibniteStilbiteSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTridymite
UllmanniteValleriiteVesuvianiteWarwickiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

140 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Banalsite  (*)Baotite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluorotetraferriphlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesiostaurolite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Sapphirine  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Slavíkite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Valentinite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Warwickite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Yangzhumingite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2294156,941723419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6294211,942121022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6194137286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)794137,94148,94156,94175,94188,94217,942198803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3541419994091,94093,94096,94104,94109,94112,94118,94122,941252353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1941371627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3294108,941371534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)453.8450.41942181588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)294100,942151036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2541419694122,94125,94180,94181,94183,94184718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS541444894087,94116,94135,94136,94139,94179,94181,941829052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2394144,94149,94192260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)219410788
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O1619413722
Baotite  (*)BaotiteBa4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl394211,94212,9421327
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)394211,94212,9421311547
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O294188,9420792
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4194136343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi541444594179,94180,94181,94182,941831966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S35414441941821935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4541444594141,94174,94176,94181,941825516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11541444194181843
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)194165483
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2394157,94195,94196462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)453.8450.41594087,94094,94113,94118,94137,94147,94150,94152,94166,94168,94175,94177,94178,94195,9421827770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O194137232
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S294174,941765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25414193094084,94087,94092,94122,94123,94125,94126,94131,94132,94135,94138,94139,94141,94147,94148,94150,94165,94172,94175,94176,94177,94178,94179,94180,94181,94182,94183,94184,94186,9421027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2294195,94196285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41940863902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4194144951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81941031756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)394091,94172,942171025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS541444194182966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8510470394092,94122,9414182
Copper  (*)CopperCu1941413846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3453.8450.4694137,94157,94206,94217,94218,942191797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS541444494141,94148,94176,941814165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35414191394122,94125,94126,94131,94132,94147,94150,94179,94180,94181,94182,94183,94184802
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)194217481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1941411027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6541444394100,94103,941814135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2453.8450.4494087,94150,94218,942199895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)394135,94137,94207648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4194186910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6294086,94172944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5414441094092,94111,94115,94141,94156,94177,94182,94184,94188,942148173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6194214414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F453.8450.4394091,94212,942182740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2541419294122,941379617
Fluorotetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3Fe3+Si3O10F2294212,942133
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1941721188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4194193445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5414441094087,94122,94132,94179,94180,94181,94182,94186,94193,9421024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)294136,941667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu694117,94134,94138,94139,94147,9415030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1194090,94098,94099,94100,94101,94139,94154,94155,94189,94195,941962812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS194135717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3294090,941781544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O394105,94162,941636890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O194088409
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2294086,94210205
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3541444594179,94180,94181,94183,94184104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3541444994147,94148,94150,94166,94174,94175,94180,94181,9421414640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4194086407
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O194208246
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6294087,941351066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4541444194181142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35414441194135,94147,94180,94181,94182,94183,94184,94188,94210,94214,942165433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14194135784
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O194214198
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4453.8450.4594083,94172,94207,94218,942191507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O394168,94197,942151271
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O19417578
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4541444294176,94182249
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)541444894092,94141,94147,94180,94181,94182,94183,94184451
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2453.8450.4194218238
Magnesiostaurolite  (*)StauroliteMg(Mg,Li)3(Al,Mg)18Si8O44(OH)4453.8450.41942187
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)294086,941501487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45414192594084,94086,94092,94111,94116,94122,94124,94125,94127,94129,94137,94141,94144,94147,94148,94165,94172,94174,94175,94180,94181,94182,94188,94210,9421414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2541444494087,94135,94138,9418112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2541419794122,94125,94126,94131,94132,94181,941885674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2194217168
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8194086161
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2294147,94176207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2194150155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)294152,941884924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS394086,94147,942101066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2541419994122,94125,94126,94141,94177,94181,94182,94184,941885800
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2194150133
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21094087,94135,94136,94137,94138,94139,94188,94193,94216,9421717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O394137,94197,942151236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)194137884
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6194219229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)394137,94211,942122349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS194210767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2194217247
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2194217313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8494086,94147,94150,942101512
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O194135428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2453.8450.4694086,94150,94211,94212,94213,942182273
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)219421110
Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22F2294212,942138
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25414443294084,94086,94087,94092,94104,94111,94113,94122,94131,94132,94135,94136,94138,94139,94141,94147,94148,94152,94160,94168,94175,94177,94178,94180,94181,94182,94184,94186,94188,94199,94210,9421439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21941653106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3194219341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85414193194084,94086,94092,94094,94122,94123,94125,94126,94128,94131,94132,94135,94136,94138,94139,94141,94147,94148,94150,94165,94172,94179,94180,94181,94182,94183,94184,94188,94193,94210,942189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25414194294084,94087,94094,94095,94096,94098,94101,94105,94111,94114,94117,94119,94122,94123,94125,94126,94131,94132,94136,94138,94139,94141,94147,94148,94152,94155,94156,94165,94176,94177,94178,94180,94181,94182,94184,94186,94188,94193,94207,94211,94212,9421661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25414441294087,94135,94139,94148,94156,94180,94182,94211,94212,94213,94217,942195614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8194214353
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]453.8450.4194218129
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3194135179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1941656417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4194147249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5394150,94172,942161516
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O294162,9416344
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1940872473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl194137444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31941651214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5414192194087,94122,94123,94125,94126,94130,94131,94132,94135,94141,94147,94148,94171,94179,94180,94181,94182,94183,94184,94193,9421021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4541444594086,94157,94181,94183,942181934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)541444394180,94183,94216978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31941353418
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O194208268
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1941482045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2541444494086,94184,94189,942103337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131941355317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O541444794100,94137,94148,94172,94183,94184,942164899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS194135293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2494141,94175,94188,942142718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O394175,94188,94214890
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3194135369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]541419594122,94125,94126,94131,94132237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10594090,94111,94195,94196,942011395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4294147,94210380
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)19414015
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31941001247
Yangzhumingite  (*)MicaKMg2.5Si4O10F2294212,942134
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)541444994156,94180,94183,94188,94211,94212,94213,94216,942185251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)453.8450.4594172,94188,94217,94218,942211025


6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00683541419Cambrian-Silurian        252264Moskogaissa Mines, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, NorwayMoskogaissaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00690510510Cambrian       S252263Sabetjok Mine, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, NorwaySabetjokMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00692470470Cambrian-Silurian       S46086Skaide Mine, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, NorwaySkaideMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00698485444Ordovician        32254Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, NorwayVáddásMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00686541444Cambrian-Ordovician        47837Rieppe, Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, NorwayRieppeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
Alexandra-0178453.8450.4452.1±1.7U-PbAge of UHP metamorphismzircon   ZirconCorundum, Kyanite, Magnesiostaurolite 271180Nordre Holmevatnet, Tromsø, Troms, NorwayTromsø NappeCorfu et al. (2003)10.1007/s00410-003-0466-xCMP145_502 

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