Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kongens Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 2485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kongens Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°39'4"N
Longitude: 9°35'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.651111111111,9.5933333333333

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Cubanite	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Silver ()*
Thénardite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe Mg Na Ni O S Sb Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C Ca Cu F Fe Mg Na Ni O S Sb Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Baryte Calcite Copper Cubanite Fluorite Jalpaite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	67
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	53
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	180
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	116
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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