Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vegårshei, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1450

mindat Locality ID: 2524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vegårshei, Aust-Agder, Norway": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ekksjø (Ekesjø)
Espedalen
Ettedal Mine (Espeland Pb-Ag Deposit)
Fagerliknatten
Grasåsen Graphite Mine
Gruvetjenn
Lia Graphite Mine
Nærestad (Nørestad)
Nedre Fett
Øygarden Prospects
Selåsvann
Ubergsmoen
Vestfjorden

Latitude: 58°44'23"N
Longitude: 8°52'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.739722222222,8.8727777777778

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	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Breithauptite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hessite ()*
Matildite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Willyamite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Vesuvianite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	90905	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	90905	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1570	1450	1	90893	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1570	1450	1	90893	1966
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1570	1450	1	90893	843
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1570	1450	1	90893	175
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1570	1450	1	90893	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			3	90889,90892,90903	203
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	90905	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	90892	944
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1570	1450	1	90893	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1570	1450	1	90893	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	90895,90906	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1570	1450	1	90893	170
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1570	1450	1	90893	804
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1570	1450	1	90893	252
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1570	1450	1	90893	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	90905	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1570	1450	1	90893	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	90894,90902,90906	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1570	1450	1	90893	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1570	1450	1	90893	586
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	90902	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1570	1450	1	90893	293
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	90908	1395
Willyamite ()*	Cobaltite	CoSbS	1570	1450	1	90893	25
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	90902	5251

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
	Kristen002403	1570	1450	1510±60				galena				Galena			32929	Ettedal Mine (Espeland Pb-Ag Deposit), Vegårshei, Aust-Agder, Norway	Espeland	Moorbath and Vokes (1963)		NGT43_283	age from lead isotope model

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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