Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kåfjord, Troms, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419

mindat Locality ID: 51505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kåfjord, Troms, Norway": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Birtavarre Mining District

Latitude: 69°26'49"N
Longitude: 20°52'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.446944444444,20.871944444444

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	Chalcopyrite	Cubanite	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Cubanite Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Valleriite Wurtzite

15 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	541	419	2	94122,94125	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	419	2	94122,94125	718
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	419	6	94122,94123,94125,94126,94131,94132	27198
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	510	470	1	94122	82
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	541	419	5	94122,94125,94126,94131,94132	802
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	541	419	1	94122	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	470	470	2	94122,94132	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	419	5	94122,94124,94125,94127,94129	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	419	5	94122,94125,94126,94131,94132	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	541	419	3	94122,94125,94126	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	470	3	94122,94131,94132	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	419	7	94122,94123,94125,94126,94128,94131,94132	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	419	6	94122,94123,94125,94126,94131,94132	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	419	7	94122,94123,94125,94126,94130,94131,94132	21482
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	541	419	5	94122,94125,94126,94131,94132	237

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00683	541	419	Cambrian-Silurian		252264	Moskogaissa Mines, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, Norway	Moskogaissa	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00690	510	510	Cambrian	S	252263	Sabetjok Mine, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, Norway	Sabetjok	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00692	470	470	Cambrian-Silurian	S	46086	Skaide Mine, Birtavarre Mining District, Kåfjord, Troms, Norway	Skaide	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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