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

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

mindat Locality ID: 33275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flåt, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Flåt Feldspar Quarry
Flåt Nickel Mines
Hagebrotet Feldspar Quarry
Tveit Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°36'6"N
Longitude: 7°51'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.601666666667,7.8622222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteHeulandite
MelanteriteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel
TitaniteVivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)923895289983,899868803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)92389518998427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS292389518998427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)9238951899868173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O923895189984303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2923895289983,899869617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS92389518998624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu92389518998430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O392389518998414640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O923895189984246
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3923895389983,89984,899865433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O9238951899841271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4923895389983,89984,8998614899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O923895189984915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS9238951899841066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S89238951899841512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2923895289984,8998639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8923895289984,899869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2923895389983,89984,8998661156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O923895289983,899864899
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4923895189984380
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O923895189984636



4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_119913909911±2U/Pb gadolinite  Yes  5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvjeMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Mo-00067914904909±5Rb-Sr    YesMolybdeniteMo5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvje-IvelandAndersen (2001) MT2001_Andersen 
Mo-00068923895909±14U-Pb gadolinitegd-7 YesMolybdeniteMo5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvje-IvelandScherer et al. (2001)10.1126/science.1061372S293_683 
Mo-00069912.1908.9910.5±1.6U-Pb concordia gadolinitegd-5, gd-6, gd-7, gd-8 YesMolybdeniteMo5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvje-IvelandScherer et al. (2001)10.1126/science.1061372S293_683 


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