Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Håfjellsmulden, Håfjellet, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 34421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Håfjellsmulden, Håfjellet, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Fjellgleberg
Jernhammeren
Sjåfjell Fe Deposit
Skårnesdalen
Toppåsen Adit
Vassåsen

Latitude: 68°22'23"N
Longitude: 16°41'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.373055555556,16.6975

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Spessartine ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

22 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1000	1000	2	92067,92068	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	92065,92066,92067,92069,92070	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1000	1000	1	92068	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	1000	1	92068	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	92066	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	1000	1	92068	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	92067	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1000	1000	1	92068	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	1000	1	92068	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1000	1000	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	92065,92069	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1000	1000	1	92068	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	92065,92066,92067,92069,92070	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	1000	3	92066,92067,92068	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	1000	2	92067,92068	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	92070	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	1000	1	92068	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	1000	4	92065,92066,92067,92068	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1000	1000	1	92068	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1000	1000	1	92068	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	92065,92066,92069	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	1000	1	92068	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00354	1000	1000	Neoproterozoic?											46442	Skårnesdalen, Håfjellsmulden, Håfjellet, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway	Skårnesdalen	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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