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Locality Name:
Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 34428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34428.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Anna Adit
Berlin Adit
Brynhilda Adit
Elisabeth Adit
Helsingborg Adit
Lovisa Adit
Nils Adit

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.

Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cubanite	Geocronite	Löllingite	Meneghinite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Valleriite	Wurtzite

Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Costibite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Nisbite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Seligmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valleriite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Copper Cubanite Geocronite Löllingite Meneghinite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Valleriite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	485	444	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	470	470	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	470	470	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	470	470	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	470	470	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	470	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	485	444	281
Costibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS	470	470	19
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	470	470	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	485	444	180
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	470	470	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	444	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	470	470	170
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	485	444	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	470	470	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	470	470	105
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	485	444	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	485	444	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	485	444	762
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	470	470	158
Nisbite ()*	Löllingite	NiSb₂	485	444	20
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	470	470	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	470	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	470	470	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	61156
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	470	470	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	470	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	470	470	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	470	470	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	470	470	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	470	470	5317
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	470	470	237

2 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
	vms-00674	470	470	Ordovician										S	34428	Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Jakobsbakken	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00653	485	444	Ordovician											246377	Anna Adit, Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Anna	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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