Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bleka Gold Mine (Blika Mine), Bleka, Svartdal, Seljord, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 34375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bleka Gold Mine (Blika Mine), Bleka, Svartdal, Seljord, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Copper	Fluorite	Kobellite	Meneghinite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Stibnite	Tetradymite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eclarite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gladite ()*	Gold ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Tsumoite ()*

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: Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Si Te W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Copper Fluorite Kobellite Meneghinite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Stibnite Tetradymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Eclarite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)Pb₉Bi₁₂S₂₈	18
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	192
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	67
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	100

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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