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Locality Name:
Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 2461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 69°16'59"N
Longitude: 22°28'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.283055555556,22.483055555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Thortveitite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Buckhornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Violarite ()*	Vulcanite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sc Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sc Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Buckhornite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Malachite
Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Thortveitite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	541	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2500	541	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2500	541	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2500	541	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2500	541	5509
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)	2500	541	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2500	541	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1959	1513	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	541	9895
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	2500	541	40
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	14640
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2500	541	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	541	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2500	541	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2500	541	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2500	541	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	541	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2500	541	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	2500	541	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2500	541	276
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	2500	541	54
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2500	541	380
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe	2500	541	11

8 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	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
RG49_13_0001	1657	1513	1585 ± 72	U-Pb	mineralization	calcite	Calcite	2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
RG49_13_0002	1903	1867	1885 ± 18	U-Pb	mineralization	davidite		2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
RG49_13_0003	1959	1659	1809 ± 150	U-Pb	mineralization	calcite	Calcite	2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
RG49_13_0004	1361	1317	1339 ± 22	Pb-Pb	hydrothermal alteration	albite felsite		2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge, Norway	Nie (1999)	RG49_13
vms-00655	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (A)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00656	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (B)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00657	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (C)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00658	2500	541	Proterozoic					2461	Bidjovagge Gold-copper Deposit, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway	Bidjovagge (D)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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