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Locality Name:
Åsland, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 923
Youngest recorded age at locality: 895

mindat Locality ID: 49665
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49665.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Åsland, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Åsland 1 Feldspar Quarry
Åsland 2 Feldspar Quarry
Åsland 3 Feldspar Quarry
Åsland 4 Feldspar Quarry
Åsland 5 Feldspar Prospect
Åsland 6 Feldspar Prospect
Åsland 7 Feldspar Quarry
Åsland 8 Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°34'57"N
Longitude: 7°50'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.5825,7.8413888888889

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 Ca Fe H K Nb O Si Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteNoneQuartzSpinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)9238951899318173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O492389518993114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)9238951899314924
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6923895189931121
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO292389518993161156
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO29238951899312718



4 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
Bradley_2012_119913909911±2U/Pb gadolinite  Yes  5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvjeMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Mo-00067914904909±5Rb-Sr    YesMolybdeniteMo5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvje-IvelandAndersen (2001) MT2001_Andersen 
Mo-00068923895909±14U-Pb gadolinitegd-7 YesMolybdeniteMo5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvje-IvelandScherer et al. (2001)10.1126/science.1061372S293_683 
Mo-00069912.1908.9910.5±1.6U-Pb concordia gadolinitegd-5, gd-6, gd-7, gd-8 YesMolybdeniteMo5491Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, NorwayEvje-IvelandScherer et al. (2001)10.1126/science.1061372S293_683 


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