Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Balsfjord, Troms, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 52333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balsfjord, Troms, Norway": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hamnvågsæter
Sagelvvatnet
Takvatnet Roadcut
Tamokdalen

Latitude: 69°14'49"N
Longitude: 18°56'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.246944444444,18.935833333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Garnet	Halotrichite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Vesuvianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
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 As C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Garnet Halotrichite Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Vesuvianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	94087	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	94087	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	94084,94087	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	94086	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	94087	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	94086	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	94087	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	94090	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	94090	1544
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	94088	409
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	94086	205
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	94086	407
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	94087	1066
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	94086	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	94084,94086	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	94087	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	94086	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	94086	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	94087	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	94086	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	94086	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	94084,94086,94087	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	94084,94086	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	94084,94087	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	94087	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	94087	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	94087	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	94086	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	94086	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	94090	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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