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:
Hosanger Nickel Deposits, Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 47416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hosanger Nickel Deposits, Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Litland Mine Field
Nonås Mine Field

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.

Chalcopyrite	Hexahydrite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel

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: As Cu Fe H Ni O Pt S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Pt

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Hexahydrite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	91813,91817	27198
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	91818	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4	91814,91815,91816,91817	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	91816,91818	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	91814,91815,91816,91817	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	0		337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	91813	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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