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Locality Name:
Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 32790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Einar's Pit
Hinderaker Mine
Johannessens Prospect
Jordan
Knoff 1
Knoff 2 Prospect
Knoff 3
Old Vigsnes Mine
Rødklev Mine (Rødkleiv)
Schipio Mine
Sletthei Mine
Svinøy

Latitude: 59°20'52"N
Longitude: 5°14'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.347777777778,5.2391666666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Tourmaline

19 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	485	444	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	485	444	0		8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	444	1	93135	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	500	444	6	93129,93131,93135,93136,93137,93138	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	485	444	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	500	444	4	93133,93137,93138,93139	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	444	1	93135	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	485	444	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	485	444	1	93135	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	485	444	0		2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	444	1	93135	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	485	444	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	485	444	1	93136	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	444	9	93129,93131,93132,93133,93135,93136,93137,93138,93139	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	444	1	93135	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	444	8	93129,93131,93133,93135,93136,93137,93138,93139	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	500	444	1	93130	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	485	444	0		2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	500	444	4	93129,93131,93135,93136	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	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 ID
Hg-00098	500	465		U-Pb	Yes	Temagamite	Hg	49187	Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway		Pederson and Hertogen (1990); Dunning and Pedersen (1988)
vms-00700	485	444	Ordovician					147141	Old Vigsnes Mine, Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway	Vigsnes	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00688	485	444	Ordovician					147142	Rødklev Mine (Rødkleiv), Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway	Rodkleiv	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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