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Locality Name:
Moskodalen Mine, Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 35616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moskodalen Mine, Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 69°41'20"N
Longitude: 21°25'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.688888888889,21.425555555556
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: Al As Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumCubaniteEpidoteMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS54144409052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi54144401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S354144401935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS454144405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2541444027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS5414440966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35414440802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)54144408173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541444024243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O354144405433
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S45414440249
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)5414440451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4541444014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS254144405800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541444039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854144409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541444061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO254144405614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541444021482


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00686541444Cambrian-Ordovician     Yes  47837Rieppe, Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, NorwayRieppeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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