Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Schånings Mine, Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 977
Youngest recorded age at locality: 966

mindat Locality ID: 268758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schånings Mine, Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference
Mo-00226	973	967	970±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-MJ1	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway	Ørsdalen	Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)
Mo-00227	977	971	974±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-MJ2	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway		Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)
Mo-00228	975	969	972±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-MJ2	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway		Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)
Mo-00229	972	966	969±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	NW00-ST1	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	32413	Ørsdalen Mines, Ørsdalen, Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway		Bingen & Stein (2003a); Bingen & Stein (2003b)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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