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Locality Name:
Årdal, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 38270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Årdal, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Årdal Copper Mines
Bremborg Prospect
Krossbakken Prospect
Løvenes Prospect
Midnes Prospect

Latitude: 61°17'58"N
Longitude: 7°45'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.299444444444,7.7569444444444

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperHeulanditeMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21933495509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4993350,93352,93354,93355,93357,93358,93359,93360,933615516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61933491633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O293349,93360925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S493350,93357,93358,933595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2493352,93355,93358,9336127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu293349,933543846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O293349,933542970
Gold  (*)CopperAu293359,9336030554
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O0246
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21933495800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2593353,93362,93363,93364,9336539462
Silver  (*)CopperAg1933545186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1933491101



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