Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Øvre Lankavarre, Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 47838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Øvre Lankavarre, Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 69°42'45"N
Longitude: 21°34'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.7125,21.57

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Cubanite	Nickeline	None	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Tetradymite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anthophyllite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Hedleyite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Chalcopyrite Corundum Cubanite Nickeline None Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Tetradymite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	444	718
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	541	444	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	444	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	541	444	802
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	541	444	104
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	541	444	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	541	444	451
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	444	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	444	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	541	444	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	541	444	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	541	444	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	541	444	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00686	541	444	Cambrian-Ordovician							Yes				47837	Rieppe, Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field, Nordreisa, Troms, Norway	Rieppe	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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