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Locality Name:
Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 34819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Berge Mine
Bjørgostaul Mine
Dalane
Haukom Mine (Eiang Mine)
Lindtjern Mine
Listulli Mine
Morgedal
Mørkvassheia Molybdenum Deposit
Tarjeisberget Molybdenum Deposit
Toråsdækkane Prospect
Vrådal

Latitude: 59°26'7"N
Longitude: 8°21'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.435277777778,8.3644444444444

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 Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti U V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigenite
EpidoteFeldsparFritzscheiteGypsumLöllingiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteSulphurTetrahedrite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1937958803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21937993092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1937979052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2293793,938105509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41393785,93793,93795,93797,93799,93800,93803,93804,93805,93809,93812,93814,938155516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)493774,93784,93809,9381427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1937931184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S493789,93795,93799,938125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22293771,93772,93781,93783,93785,93789,93791,93795,93796,93797,93800,93801,93802,93804,93806,93807,93808,93809,93815,93817,93818,9381927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1693774,93775,93776,93777,93778,93779,93780,93782,93784,93786,93787,93788,93790,93792,93793,937943846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS293799,938124165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O293774,937932970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S293799,938091027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16193809300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21937999895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1937958173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O193810345
Gold  (*)CopperAu19379530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1938042812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1937976890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3793771,93783,93791,93796,93799,93804,9380914640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4193799142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31937715433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1937951271
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2193797762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4593785,93795,93797,93804,9380914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2693774,93781,93793,93799,93809,9381012537
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O193774129
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)293797,938094924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2993771,93795,93796,93810,93811,93816,93817,93818,938195800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393795,93797,9380917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1937952349
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)293796,93810494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2893771,93772,93797,93809,93814,93817,93818,9381939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8293771,938099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21093772,93783,93784,93785,93789,93791,93795,93799,93809,9381561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2293771,937975614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)293796,938114894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1893774,93775,93776,93777,93778,93779,93780,93782,93784,93786,93787,93788,93790,93792,93793,93794,93795,938045186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1938172045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131937971803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1938091101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131937975317
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O293774,93793628
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O193774185



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