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:
Morgedal, Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 36943
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36943.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morgedal, Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Åbø Prospect
Gamlenystøl (Gammelnystaul)
Høgeli Prospect
Kleivaas New Prospect
Østgruben Mines
Vestgruben Mines

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Feldspar Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	93799	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	93799,93800,93803,93804,93805,93809	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	93809	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	93799	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	93800,93801,93802,93804,93806,93807,93808,93809	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	93799	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	93799,93809	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	93809	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	93799	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	93804	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	93799,93804,93809	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	93799	142
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	93804,93809	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	93799,93809	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	93809	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	93809	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93809	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	93809	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	93799,93809	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	93804	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	93809	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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