Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Feragen Chromium Mines, Røros, Trøndelag, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 34980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feragen Chromium Mines, Røros, Trøndelag, Norway": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gjetberget Mine
Gjetsjø Mine
Leigh Mine
Lergruva
Rødtjern Mine
Skal Mine
Skardet

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.

Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Garnet	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Serpentine
Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Brucite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dypingite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Lansfordite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nesquehonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Talc ()*	Uvarovite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Garnet None Perovskite Pyrite Serpentine
Spinel Talc

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	94429	708
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	3	94427,94428,94431	166
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	94431	462
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	6	94428,94429,94430,94431,94432,94434	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	94431	1756
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	0		50
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		341
Lansfordite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·5H₂O	0		17
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	94429	14899
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	0		80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	94431	39462
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	94428,94431	3337
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	94431	212

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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