Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vats, Vindafjord, Rogaland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 48977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48977.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vats, Vindafjord, Rogaland, Norway": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Årli Pegmatite
Knapphus Quarry
Krakkanuten Pegmatite
Thor's Mine (Tors Mine)
Vats Cu Mine
Vats Mica Quarry

Latitude: 59°32'7"N
Longitude: 5°41'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.535277777778,5.6902777777778

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Curite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spessartine ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 As Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Nb O Pb S Si U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	93344	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	93343	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	93341,93343	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	93343	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	93345	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	93343,93344	518
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	1	93344	51
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	93343	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	93344	445
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	93343	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	93342	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	93341,93343,93344	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93345	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	93345	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	93341,93343,93345	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	93341	1214
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	93344	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	93344	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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