Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Grimsdalen Deposits, Folldal, Hedmark, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 36363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36363.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grimsdalen Deposits, Folldal, Hedmark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Cubanite	Enargite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetradymite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 Bi Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Corundum Cubanite Enargite Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetradymite Valleriite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	470	470	489
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	470	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	470	470	802
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	470	470	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	470	470	24243
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	470	470	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	470	470	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	470	470	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	470	470	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	470	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	470	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	470	470	276
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	470	470	237

2 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-00670	470	470	Ordovician										S	36363	Grimsdalen Deposits, Folldal, Hedmark, Norway	Grimsdalen	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00684	485	444	Ordovician							Yes				46329	Nordre Geitryggen Mine, Folldal, Hedmark, Norway	Nordre Gjetryggen	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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