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:
Bøylestad Kobberverk, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 982
Youngest recorded age at locality: 843

mindat Locality ID: 305098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bøylestad Kobberverk, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bøylestad Copper Mine
Skyttemyr Copper Mine

Latitude: 58°33'50"N
Longitude: 8°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.563888888889,8.7

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Devilline	Hydrotalcite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Woodwardite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Devilline ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucocerinite ()*	Graphite ()*	Langite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Woodwardite ()*
Wroewolfeite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Devilline Hydrotalcite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Woodwardite

16 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	982	843	2	90119,90120	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	982	843	2	90119,90120	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	982	843	2	90119,90120	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	982	843	1	90120	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	982	843	1	90120	24243
Glaucocerinite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	982	843	1	90120	20
Graphite ()*	None	C	982	843	2	90119,90120	2812
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	982	843	1	90120	593
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	982	843	2	90119,90120	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	982	843	2	90119,90120	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	982	843	2	90119,90120	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	982	843	1	90119	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	982	843	2	90119,90120	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	982	843	1	90120	1803
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	982	843	1	90120	57
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	982	843	1	90120	95

2 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
	Mo-00039	982	944		Rb-Sr						Yes			Mo	2456	Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway		Baadsgaard et al. (1984)		NGT64_111
	Mo-00040	943	843	893±50	Rb-Sr						Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	2456	Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway	Froland	Baadsgaard et al. (1984)		NGT64_111

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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