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Locality Name:
Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 49187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Avløpsholmen
Bukkøy
Karmøy Island
Katrineholmen
Klostein
Raumyr And Teigemyr
Rygge
Southwestern Karmøy
Sørstokke
Sørvelde
Stangeland
Storasund
Ulvøya
Vigsnes Copper Mines
Vikingstad
Ytraland

Latitude: 59°20'6"N
Longitude: 5°15'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.335,5.2544444444444

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: Al As B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGypsumMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Temagamite  (*)Titanite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)24854441931273419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4854441931278803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO55004651931201310
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)500444593103,93106,93109,93127,9313527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25004442593099,93104,93111,93115,93117,93118,93119,93121,93122,93123,93126,93127,93129,93131,93135,93136,93137,93138,93142,93143,93144,93146,93147,93148,9314927198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5004651930981025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O185004651931201008
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4854441931272970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5004441293090,93097,93103,93111,93116,93127,93133,93137,93138,93139,93142,931448173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS48544419313524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4854441931277437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O485444293127,931356890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64854441931272228
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)500465193126116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45004441293092,93094,93106,93107,93110,93121,93122,93124,93127,93135,93140,9314114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)248544419312712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2500444393103,93113,9313617380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85004651931261512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25004444393090,93092,93093,93094,93096,93097,93099,93101,93102,93103,93104,93106,93111,93113,93115,93116,93117,93118,93119,93121,93122,93123,93124,93126,93127,93129,93131,93132,93133,93135,93136,93137,93138,93139,93140,93141,93142,93143,93144,93146,93147,93148,9314939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8500444593101,93102,93122,93126,931359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25004443993090,93092,93093,93094,93096,93097,93099,93101,93102,93103,93104,93106,93111,93113,93114,93115,93117,93118,93119,93122,93123,93124,93127,93129,93131,93133,93135,93136,93137,93138,93139,93140,93142,93143,93144,93146,93147,93148,9314961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25004441931305614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4854441931272705
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2500465193126337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS500444793117,93118,93127,93129,93131,93135,9313621482
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe350046519312624
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5004651931034899
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4500465193126380



3 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
Hg-00098500465 U-Pb     TemagamiteHg49187Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway Pederson and Hertogen (1990); Dunning and Pedersen (1988)   
vms-00700485444Ordovician        147141Old Vigsnes Mine, Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, NorwayVigsnesMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00688485444Ordovician        147142Rødklev Mine (Rødkleiv), Vigsnes Copper Mines, Karmøy, Rogaland, NorwayRodkleivMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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