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

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

mindat Locality ID: 51004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lauvland, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Lauvland 02 Feldspar Quarry (Bagli)
Lauvland 03 Feldspar Quarry (Saga)
Lauvland 04 Feldspar Quarry (Brattekleiv)
Lauvland 05a Feldspar Quarry (Storemyr 3)
Lauvland 05b Feldspar Quarry (Storemyr 1)
Lauvland 06 Feldspar Prospect
Lauvland 09 Feldspar Quarry
Lauvland 10 Feldspar Quarry
Lauvland 11 Feldspar Quarry
Lauvland 12 Feldspar Quarry
Lauvland 13 Feldspar Quarry
Lauvland 14 Feldspar Quarry
Lauvland 15 Feldspar Quarry (Skuggebråtknuten)
Lauvland 16 Feldspar Quarry (Dyplan)
Lauvland 17 Feldspar Quarry (Smørste)
Lauvland 18 Feldspar Prospect
Lauvland 20 Feldspar Prospect
Skavdalen

Latitude: 58°32'46"N
Longitude: 7°51'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.546111111111,7.8502777777778
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 Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteBerylClayClinozoisiteColumbiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetMicaMilariteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyriteQuartzRhabdophane
ScheeliteTopazZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Goethite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)9238951190025,90027,90028,90029,90030,90031,90032,90033,90034,90043,900448803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)923895390027,90028,90029706
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)9238950255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2923895190043606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18923895790026,90027,90028,90041,90042,90043,900444286
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4923895490041,90042,90043,90044321
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)923895290027,900288173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6923895590027,90028,90042,90043,90044414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4923895590027,90028,90029,90043,90044196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2923895290027,900289617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2923895290027,90028163
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)9238951900297437
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)9238951490024,90025,90026,90027,90028,90029,90030,90031,90032,90033,90034,90042,90043,900444924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O923895190026156
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)923895790026,90027,90028,90029,90042,90043,90044945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)29238951390025,90026,90027,90028,90029,90030,90031,90032,90033,90034,90042,90043,9004417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2923895390025,90029,9004339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29238951490024,90025,90026,90027,90028,90029,90030,90031,90032,90033,90034,90042,90043,9004461156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O92389519004366
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8923895290027,90028353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)39238951900421214
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O692389519002799
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2923895290027,900281476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)923895290027,900285251


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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