Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Moskogaissa Mines, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 252264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moskogaissa Mines, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, Norway": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Moskogaissa 111 Mine
Moskogaissa 115 Mine
Moskogaissa 117 B
Moskogaissa 117 Mine
Moskogaissa 120
Moskogaissa 125

Latitude: 69°24'40"N
Longitude: 20°54'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.411111111111,20.903055555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Cubanite	Garnet	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Sphalerite
Spinel	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: Al Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Cubanite Garnet Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Quartz Sphalerite
Spinel Valleriite Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Valleriite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	541	419	1	94125	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	419	1	94125	718
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	419	2	94125,94126	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	541	419	2	94125,94126	802
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	419	3	94125,94127,94129	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	419	2	94125,94126	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	541	419	2	94125,94126	5800
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	419	3	94125,94126,94128	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	419	2	94125,94126	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	419	3	94125,94126,94130	21482
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	541	419	2	94125,94126	237

1 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
	vms-00683	541	419	Cambrian-Silurian											252264	Moskogaissa Mines, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, Norway	Moskogaissa	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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