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

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

mindat Locality ID: 61956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Undeland, Evje Og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Undeland 01 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 02 Feldspar Quarry (Berylbruddet)
Undeland 03 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 04 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 05 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 06 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 07 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 08 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 09 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 10 Feldspar Quarry
Undeland 11 Feldspar Prospect
Undeland 12 Feldspar Prospect
Undeland 13 Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°35'2"N
Longitude: 7°54'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.583888888889,7.9061111111111

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 B Be Ca Ce Fe H K Na Nb O P S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayColumbiteCorundumDumortieriteFeldsparGadoliniteMicaMonaziteNone
PyriteQuartzRutileSpinelThortveititeTourmalineZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Thorite  (*)
Thortveitite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O189238951900794286
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18923895190079231
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6923895190079414
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2923895190079163
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3923895290078,9007914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O39238951900795433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4923895290078,9007914899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)923895290078,900794924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)923895190079945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2923895290078,9007917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS292389519007839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2923895290078,9007961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO29238951900795614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)9238951900792705
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)9238951900791006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O792389519007954
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)9238951900795251



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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