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:
Ballangen, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 31325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballangen, Nordland, Norway": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bjørkåsen Mine
Efjorden
Eiterelvdalen Quarry
Håfjellet
Hekkelstrand Quarry
Melkedalen
Råna
Rånkjeipen Mica Prospect

Latitude: 68°18'54"N
Longitude: 16°48'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.315,16.804444444444

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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Garnet	Hexahydrite	Kobellite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Talc
Tourmaline	Ullmannite	Vivianite

Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Talc ()*	Thénardite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Garnet Hexahydrite Kobellite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Talc
Tourmaline Ullmannite Vivianite

44 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	92060	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1000	1000	2	92067,92068	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	92079	445
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	92075	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	92063,92074	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	485	444	1	92058	1966
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	485	444	1	92058	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			7	92064,92065,92066,92067,92069,92070,92072	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1000	1000	1	92068	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	444	6	92058,92068,92071,92074,92079,92080	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	92066	1756
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	485	444	1	92058	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	1000	5	92068,92071,92072,92075,92076	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	92078	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	92067	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	92079	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	92060	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1000	1000	1	92068	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	444	2	92058,92068	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	485	444	1	92058	18
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1000	1000	2	92063,92064	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	92065,92069	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1000	1000	1	92068	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	92075,92076	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			6	92065,92066,92067,92069,92070,92075	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	92063,92071	5674
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	92081	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	1000	5	92061,92066,92067,92068,92072	17380
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	92079	37
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	92079	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	92079,92080	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	444	6	92058,92067,92068,92072,92079,92080	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	92070	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	444	8	92058,92068,92071,92074,92075,92079,92080,92081	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	1000	5	92065,92066,92067,92068,92080	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1000	1000	1	92068	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	92082	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1000	1000	1	92068	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	92065,92066,92069	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	444	5	92058,92068,92071,92074,92080	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	485	444	2	92058,92074	668
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	92075	3337
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	92081	299
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	485	444	1	92058	293

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
	vms-00659	485	444	Ordovician											35613	Bjørkåsen Mine, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway	Bjorkasen	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	sedznpb-00354	1000	1000	Neoproterozoic?											46442	Skårnesdalen, Håfjellsmulden, Håfjellet, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway	Skårnesdalen	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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