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Locality Name:
Ulvøya, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 465

mindat Locality ID: 303738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulvøya, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Feøy Ni-Mine

Latitude: 59°23'15"N
Longitude: 5°9'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.3875,5.1619444444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Bi Cu Fe Hg Ni Pd Pt S Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Temagamite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS250046519312627198
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)500465193126116
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85004651931261512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS250046519312639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85004651931269056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2500465193126337
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe350046519312624
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4500465193126380



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00098500465 U-Pb    YesTemagamiteHg49187Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway Pederson and Hertogen (1990); Dunning and Pedersen (1988)   


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