Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vefsn, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 449
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 48076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vefsn, Nordland, Norway": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Drevvatnet
Eiterådalen Fe Deposit
Elsfjord
Fustvatnet
Husvika
Mosjøen
Tosenvegen
Toven

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Löllingite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	92450	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	449	445	1	92449	9052
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	92451	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	92451,92452,92457	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	449	445	1	92449	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	449	445	0		1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			5	92445,92447,92451,92452,92457	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	92451	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	92444,92450,92457	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	92451,92454	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	449	445	1	92449	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	92451	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	92457	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	92444	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	92450	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	449	445	1	92449	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	449	445	2	92444,92449	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	92452	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	92452	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	449	445	2	92449,92452	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	92451,92452	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	92451	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	449	445	2	92449,92450	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	449	445	1	92449	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	92447,92451	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	92451,92452	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	92445,92446,92451,92453	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	449	445	1	92449	73
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			5	92443,92450,92452,92455,92457	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	92452	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	92451	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	92452	1025

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
	sedznpb-00349	449	445	447±2 \|(Sm-Nd)	Sm-Nd										46450	Husvika Zn-Pb Deposit, Husvika, Vefsn, Nordland, Norway	Husvika	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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