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:
Kvaløya Northeast, Kvaløya, Tromsø, Troms, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 310633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kvaløya Northeast, Kvaløya, Tromsø, Troms, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ultramafic Rocks

Latitude: 69°45'7"N
Longitude: 18°49'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.751944444444,18.82

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	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: As Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Talc

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	94210	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	94210	24243
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	94210	205
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	94210	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	94210	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	94210	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	94210	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	94210	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	94210	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	94210	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	94210	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	94210	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	94210	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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