Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Burfjorddalen, Kvænangen, Troms, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 281217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burfjorddalen, Kvænangen, Troms, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Middavarre Copper Mines

Latitude: 69°53'35"N
Longitude: 22°11'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.893055555556,22.195

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siegenite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: Au C Ca Co Cu Fe Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Melonite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	94147	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	94147	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	94147	802
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	94147	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	94147	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	94147	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	94147	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	94147	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	94147	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	94147	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	94147	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	94147	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	94147	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	94147	61156
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	94147	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	94147	21482
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	94147	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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