Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Flåt Nickel Mines, Flåt, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 923
Youngest recorded age at locality: 895

mindat Locality ID: 32927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flåt Nickel Mines, Flåt, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°35'56"N
Longitude: 7°52'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.598888888889,7.87

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.

Apophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Heulandite	Melanterite	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Vivianite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Violarite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Heulandite Melanterite Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel Vivianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	923	895	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	923	895	27198
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	923	895	303
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	923	895	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	923	895	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	923	895	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	923	895	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	923	895	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	923	895	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	923	895	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	923	895	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	923	895	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	923	895	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	923	895	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	923	895	61156
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	923	895	380
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	923	895	636

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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 DOI	Reference ID
Bradley_2012_119	913	909	911±2	U/Pb	gadolinite		Yes			5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Mo-00067	914	904	909±5	Rb-Sr			Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje-Iveland	Andersen (2001)		MT2001_Andersen
Mo-00068	923	895	909±14	U-Pb	gadolinite	gd-7	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje-Iveland	Scherer et al. (2001)	10.1126/science.1061372	S293_683
Mo-00069	912.1	908.9	910.5±1.6	U-Pb concordia	gadolinite	gd-5, gd-6, gd-7, gd-8	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	5491	Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway	Evje-Iveland	Scherer et al. (2001)	10.1126/science.1061372	S293_683

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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