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Locality Name:
Holt, Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1083

mindat Locality ID: 39309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holt, Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Holtsgruva
Jensen's Feldspar Quarry
Kviteberg
Lindeknuten
Lindland
Maigruveåsen
Rosseland
Solberg Fe Mines
Våland Mine

Latitude: 58°37'26"N
Longitude: 8°51'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.623888888889,8.8594444444444

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 C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSpinel
SulphurZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)110510831908078803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1105108319080727770
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31105108319080714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3110510831908155433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41105108319081514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)110510831908074924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21105108319080717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211051083290807,9081561156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5110510831908081516
Silver  (*)CopperAg110510831908245186
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS110510831908122045
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)110510831908155251



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
Bradley_2012_118110510831094±11U/Pb euxenite  Yes  12430Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, NorwayTvedestrandMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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