Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 2486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway": 148
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 133

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Basserudåsen Roadcut
Eknesvarden
Ertstjern
Fossvann
Gamlegrendåsen
Gott Vermags Mine
Granatdammen
Hinteløkken
Hovdebøfjell
Jerngruva (Arveprinds Friederichs Mine)
Jerngruvevannet
Jonsknuten Fluorite Deposit
Kisgruva
Kjennerud Pegmatite
Kjennerudvann
Kongsberg Silver Mining District
Labrofoss
Lake Mykle Area
Lassedalen Fluorite Deposit
Lassendalen Fluorspar Project (Lassendalen Fluorspar Mine)
Ljøterud
Stalsbergtjern
Sulusåsen North
Sulusåsen South
Verlorne Sohn Mine

Latitude: 59°38'9"N
Longitude: 9°36'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.635833333333,9.6072222222222

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic
Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite	Axinite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brewsterite	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Heulandite
Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Parisite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Vivianite
Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H O Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Allophane Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic
Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Axinite Baryte Bournonite Brewsterite Brochantite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Devilline Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Heulandite
Jalpaite Kaolinite Ktenasite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Parisite Pentlandite Perovskite Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Vivianite
Wurtzite Zircon

131 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Almandine ()*
Altaite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antimony ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Armenite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*
Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite-Sr ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Datolite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Heulandite-Ba ()*	Hollandite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ktenasite ()*
Langite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Polybasite ()*
Portlandite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rapidcreekite ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sternbergite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	7	91088,91115,91126,91134,91136,91142,91171	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	91207	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	91088,91115,91153,91208	8803
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1	91088	69
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	91074,91088,91111	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	91080	489
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	91068,91207	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	91106,91115,91136,91142	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	91207	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	91088	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	91136	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	91142	445
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	91083	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	91088	708
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	91088	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	91088,91142	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	91076	295
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	2	91088,91136	67
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	91136	53
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	2	91112,91113	23
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	91088	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	91088,91102,91104,91107	9052
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	91205	161
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	7	91088,91099,91106,91113,91126,91142,91193	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	91108	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	10	91084,91088,91113,91126,91134,91136,91142,91171,91179,91193	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	91088	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	91088	1089
Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite	Ba(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O	1	91113	9
Brewsterite-Sr ()*	Brewsterite	Sr(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O	1	91113	8
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	91179	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	16	91070,91078,91088,91106,91112,91113,91126,91134,91136,91142,91167,91204,91207,91209,91211,91214	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	91088	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	91088	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	91178	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	18	91070,91073,91075,91080,91084,91086,91087,91107,91113,91126,91142,91178,91198,91211,91212,91213,91214,91215	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	91088	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	91131,91145	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	91126	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2	91178,91179	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	91178	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	91088	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	91088	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	91088	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	91084,91088,91178	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	91136	802
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	91088	498
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	91178,91179	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	91136	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2	91088,91136	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	91113,91126,91193,91207	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	5	91088,91092,91126,91142,91170	814
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1	91178	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	91207,91208	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	2	91126,91193	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9	91076,91079,91126,91136,91142,91193,91208,91209,91211	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	91088	663
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	91080	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	91070,91075,91080,91084,91086,91087,91088,91113,91126,91132,91171,91204,91209,91212,91214	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	91088	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	91088,91158	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	91207	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	91088	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	91078,91126	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	8	91072,91084,91089,91091,91113,91126,91142,91188	290
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	91088,91211	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	91077,91088,91207	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	91088	804
Heulandite-Ba ()*	Heulandite	(Ba,Ca,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·22H₂O	1	91113	8
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	91071	243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	91088,91115	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	2	91126,91136	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	91088	5591
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	1	91084	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	91084	593
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	3	91126,91138,91142	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	91088	762
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	91207	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	91078,91088,91207,91208	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	91084,91088,91178,91209	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	91088,91134,91136	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	91088	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	91113	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	2	91115,91126	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	91077,91178	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	91088	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	91088,91178	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	91088	254
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	91088	1236
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2	91178,91198	192
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	91068	186
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	91207,91208	884
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	91088	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	91088	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	91088	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	91088	306
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	91088	767
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	91088	112
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	3	91088,91126,91142	716
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	1	91088	51
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	91179	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	91084,91099,91113,91193	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	91088,91136,91142	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	91070,91073,91075,91078,91080,91084,91086,91087,91088,91107,91113,91115,91126,91132,91142,91211,91212,91213,91214,91215	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	91073,91075,91080,91088,91107,91112,91215	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	29	91070,91073,91075,91077,91078,91080,91084,91086,91087,91088,91106,91107,91112,91113,91115,91116,91126,91134,91142,91170,91171,91178,91204,91208,91209,91212,91213,91214,91215	61156
Rapidcreekite ()*	None	Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃)·4H₂O	1	91142	10
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	91089,91207	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	91088	317
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	91088	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	91121,91137	390
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	91088	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	91077,91088	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	49	91085,91088,91089,91091,91093,91102,91104,91106,91109,91110,91112,91115,91116,91117,91118,91119,91120,91122,91123,91125,91126,91128,91131,91134,91136,91138,91139,91142,91145,91146,91150,91154,91158,91159,91160,91161,91164,91165,91167,91171,91173,91176,91178,91179,91181,91190,91191,91193,91202	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	91088	531
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	91207	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	17	91070,91075,91080,91084,91086,91087,91088,91107,91113,91126,91132,91142,91171,91212,91213,91214,91215	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	91193,91204	189
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	4	91088,91126,91134,91142	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	91088	62
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	91088	57
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	91088	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	91088	2045
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	91080	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	91088	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	91088,91142	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	91136	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	91132,91207,91208	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	91088	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	91208	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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