Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bjørkåsen Mine, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 35613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bjørkåsen Mine, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°19'46"N
Longitude: 16°47'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.329444444444,16.790277777778

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.

Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Kobellite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Ullmannite

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: Bi Cu Fe Ni Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Cu Fe Ni Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcopyrite Kobellite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Ullmannite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuth ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Galena ()*
Giessenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Ullmannite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	485	444	1966
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	485	444	175
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	444	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	485	444	344
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	444	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	485	444	18
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	444	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	444	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	444	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	485	444	668
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	485	444	293

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
	vms-00659	485	444	Ordovician											35613	Bjørkåsen Mine, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway	Bjorkasen	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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