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Locality Name:
Meldal, Trøndelag, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 49398
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49398.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meldal, Trøndelag, Norway": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bustad
Granmoen Quarry
Grefstadfjell
Grutseter
Kråkhaugen Quarry
Løkken Verk
Prestbuvatn
Regset
Resfjellslette Prospect
Storås Quarry
Svinsås Jasper Quarry
Svorksjøen Lake
Vassfjellet

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite
Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Charlesite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Volynskite ()*
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: Ag Al As B Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite
Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stilpnomelane Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Wurtzite

46 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	485	444	2	94302,94312	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	94302,94311,94312,94319,94323	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	94319	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	94334	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	94319	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	94335	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			5	94302,94306,94314,94323,94329	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	94314,94319	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	94312,94320	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			10	94301,94302,94311,94312,94316,94319,94323,94326,94331,94334	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	485	444	1	94312	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	470	5	94305,94312,94319,94322,94332	27198
Charlesite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₂B(OH)₄(OH,O)₁₂·26H₂O			1	94310	9
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	94319	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	94323	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	485	444	1	94312	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	485	444	1	94312	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			6	94301,94302,94312,94316,94319,94331	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	444	1	94312	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	94334	7437
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94311	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	94312,94319,94321	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	94320	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	485	444	2	94312,94334	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			2	94319,94320	251
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	444	2	94312,94334	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	94313,94314,94319	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	485	444	1	94312	915
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC			1	94310	57
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	94319	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	485	444	1	94312	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	470	12	94301,94302,94305,94312,94313,94318,94319,94322,94325,94332,94333,94334	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			4	94305,94312,94319,94334	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	470	12	94301,94302,94303,94306,94308,94311,94312,94319,94322,94323,94331,94334	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	485	444	1	94312	293
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	94319	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	485	444	1	94312	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	94336	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	94312,94319	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	94319	456
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	94319	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	485	444	1	94312	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	94312,94319	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	94319,94336	2562
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	94319	64
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	94314	1025

2 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-00679	485	444	Ordovician											14050	Løkken Verk, Meldal, Trøndelag, Norway	Lokken	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00673	485	470	Lower Ordovician											195243	Høydal Mine, Løkken Verk, Meldal, Trøndelag, Norway	Hoida	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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