Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Birkeland (Sauda; Almannajuvet) Mines, Sauda, Rogaland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 32849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birkeland (Sauda; Almannajuvet) Mines, Sauda, Rogaland, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Dahll's Mine
Gilbertgangen
Grunnstoll I
Grunnstoll II
Grunnstoll III
Holmen
Samson
Skaret
Staurskaarene
Stoll 2 (Hornemann Adit)

Latitude: 59°38'50"N
Longitude: 6°28'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.647222222222,6.4830555555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Woodwardite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Glaucocerinite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Woodwardite ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Hydrotalcite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Woodwardite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaucocerinite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	20
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	57

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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