Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 2500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°55'23"N
Longitude: 13°52'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.923055555556,13.879444444444

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Geocronite
Jalpaite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Garnet Geocronite
Jalpaite Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Staurolite Stilpnomelane
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Valleriite Wurtzite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Černýite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Dufrénoysite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Ottemannite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Silver ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Zincostaurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1000	541	2793
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1000	541	69
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1000	541	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1000	541	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1000	541	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1000	541	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1000	541	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1000	541	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1000	541	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1000	541	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1000	541	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1000	541	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	541	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1000	541	5171
Černýite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂CdSnS₄	1000	541	8
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1000	541	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	541	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1000	541	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1000	541	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1000	541	802
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	1000	541	34
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1000	541	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1000	541	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1000	541	663
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1000	541	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	541	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	541	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1000	541	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1000	541	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	541	223
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1000	541	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1000	541	14640
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	1000	541	35
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1000	541	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1000	541	116
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1000	541	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1000	541	105
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1000	541	82
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1000	541	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1000	541	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1000	541	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	1000	541	51
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1000	541	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1000	541	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1000	541	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	541	17380
Ottemannite ()*	None	Sn₂S₃	1000	541	4
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1000	541	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	541	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1000	541	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1000	541	4894
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	1000	541	64
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1000	541	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1000	541	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1000	541	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1000	541	978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1000	541	456
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1000	541	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1000	541	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1000	541	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1000	541	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1000	541	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1000	541	237
Zincostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Zn₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1000	541	6

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00191	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age									2500	Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway	Bleikvassli	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00347	1000	541	Neoproterozoic											2500	Bleikvassli Mine, Bleikvassli, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway	Bleikvassli	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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