Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vågå, Oppland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 53843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vågå, Oppland, Norway": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lalm
Sjodalen
Tesse
Vågåmo

Latitude: 61°50'0"N
Longitude: 9°17'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.833333333333,9.2983333333333

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet
Hexahydrite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet
Hexahydrite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Talc
Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	92663,92670	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	92661	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	92661	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	92661	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	92661	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	92667	1025
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	92661	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	92661	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	92668	251
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	92661	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	92661	12537
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92672	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92672	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	92668,92669	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	92669	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	92661,92669	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92665	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	92669	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	92661,92670	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	92667	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	92667	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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