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Locality Name:
Mofjellet, Rana, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 46320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mofjellet, Rana, Nordland, Norway": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dahl Prospect
Hauknestind
Mofjellet Mine (Mofjell Mine)
Oscars Mine
Rostadfjell
Svabo Prospect
Umskaret

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi Cd Cu Fe H In Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCubaniteEttringiteGyroliteLillianite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteUllmanniteValleriiteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1000541292335,9233611547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1110005410843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3100054101089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb10005410175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)100054119233527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21000541492334,92335,92337,9233927198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S510005410344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S310005410802
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S810005410126
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS100054119233524243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS10005410170
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O1000541192335142
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O100054119233585
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1410005410784
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3100054101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100054119233539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100054119233561156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S241000541034
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1000541492334,92335,92337,9233921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41000541692333,92334,92335,92337,92338,92339668
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1000541192335183
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS10005410293
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]10005410237


2 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
sedexmvt-001921000541Neoproterozoic host rock age      32917Mofjellet Mine (Mofjell Mine), Mofjellet, Rana, Nordland, NorwayMofjelletTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-003511000541Neoproterozoic        32917Mofjellet Mine (Mofjell Mine), Mofjellet, Rana, Nordland, NorwayMofjelletSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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