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Locality Name:
Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 34461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Geitvann Pb-Cu Deposit
Karenhaugen
Lakselv Valley

Latitude: 70°14'29"N
Longitude: 25°8'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.241388888889,25.135277777778
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: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteCubaniteDigeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStillwateriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Allargentum  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)
Palladium  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Mertieite-I  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)19155869
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As319155831
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1915579052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41915595516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19155927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1915595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2291557,9155927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1915574165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3191557802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1915572970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1915591027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19155724243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1915572812
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)191557451
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.519155844
Palladium  (*)CopperPd19155859
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As19155837
Mertieite-I  (*)NonePd5+x(Sb,As)2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)1915589
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2291557,9155939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8291557,915599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219155961156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2191558337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19155721482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb219155875
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As319155824


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