Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leka, Trøndelag, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 51992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leka, Trøndelag, Norway": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Frøvik Mine
Hortavær
Husbylia Prospect
Langdraget Island
Leka Island
Madsøya Prospect
Sjøhaugen Mine
Solsemøyene Islands

Latitude: 65°3'53"N
Longitude: 11°40'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.064722222222,11.675833333333

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.

Auricupride	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane
Vesuvianite

Aegirine ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Keithconnite ()*
Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Os Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane
Vesuvianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	94272	1022
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	94272	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	94277	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	94272	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	94270,94278,94279	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	94280	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	94277	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	94277	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	94273	1008
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	94277	1188
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	1	94277	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	94270	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	94277	205
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	94272	5433
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1	94277	40
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	94277	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	94277	14899
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	94277	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	94277	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	94277	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	94270,94272,94274,94276,94278	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	94270,94274,94276,94278,94279	9056
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	94273	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	94270,94278	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	94277	75
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	94271	456
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	1	94277	48
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	94271	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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