Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Røros Copper Mines, Røros, Trøndelag, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 36535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Røros Copper Mines, Røros, Trøndelag, Norway": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Fjellsjø Mine
Kings Mine
Lergruvbakken
Mugg Mine
Rødalen Mine
Storwartz Mine Field

Latitude: 62°37'59"N
Longitude: 11°33'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.633055555556,11.566388888889

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.

Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Valleriite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Galena ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Valleriite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	94445,94446	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	4	94440,94443,94444,94448	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	94448	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	94437,94438,94439,94440,94441,94444,94445,94446,94448	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	94448	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	94440	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	5	94440,94441,94445,94446,94448	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	3	94440,94446,94448	180
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	94437,94438,94441	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5	94438,94440,94441,94444,94445	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	94440,94441	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	94440,94446,94448	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	94437,94438,94439,94440,94441,94445,94448	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9	94437,94439,94440,94441,94443,94444,94445,94446,94448	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	94439,94446,94448	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	94437,94441	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	94437,94438,94439,94440,94441,94444,94445,94446,94447,94448	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	94444,94448	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	7	94440,94441,94443,94444,94445,94446,94448	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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