Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alta, Finnmark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 533
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 33231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alta, Finnmark, Norway": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Borras Copper Deposit
Finmarken Meteorite (Alta Meteorites)
Kåfjord Mines (Alta Copper Mines)
Komagfjord
Koven Mt.
Lerresfjord
Raipas Copper Mine
Seiland Island
Stjernøya Island
Storekorsnes

Latitude: 70°9'36"N
Longitude: 23°17'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.16,23.290833333333

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Palygorskite	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Wollastonite
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Brochantite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Palygorskite Pectolite Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stilpnomelane Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Vivianite Wollastonite
Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Halite ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monticellite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stanfieldite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*
Troilite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	525	521	1	91465	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	525	521	7	91453,91454,91457,91458,91459,91461,91465	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	525	521	1	91465	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	91448,91452	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	91446,91448,91452	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	91446,91452	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	91448	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	525	521	8	91448,91451,91452,91454,91459,91461,91465,91467	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O			2	91453,91460	232
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄			1	91446	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	91446,91452	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	91446,91452,91456	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	91447	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	91448	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	525	521	6	91453,91454,91455,91458,91465,91466	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	91446,91452	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	91452	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	91446,91452	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	525	521	1	91465	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	91446	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	91452	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	91448	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	91456	2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	91454	1398
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	525	521	1	91465	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	91446	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			2	91454,91455	407
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄			1	91452	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	533	521	3	91458,91463,91465	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	91467	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	533	521	5	91454,91458,91462,91463,91465	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	91448,91452	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	91454	4924
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	533	521	1	91453	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	525	521	1	91465	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	525	521	3	91454,91458,91465	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	533	521	6	91453,91454,91460,91462,91463,91465	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	91457	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	525	521	1	91465	306
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	525	521	1	91465	313
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	533	521	1	91453	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	91456	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	91467	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	91454,91456	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	91456	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	91446,91448,91451,91452,91467	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	91466	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	91447	374
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄			1	91452	249
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	533	521	3	91453,91460,91463	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	91456	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	525	521	1	91465	1934
Stanfieldite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg₅(PO₄)₆			1	91447	14
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	525	521	1	91465	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	525	521	1	91465	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	91447	1044
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	533	521	1	91453	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	533	521	1	91453	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	91448	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	533	521	5	91454,91458,91459,91462,91463	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000510	Baltica carbonatite complex

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
JGS167_71_001	533	529	531±2		zircon	Zircon	32878	Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway	Store Kufjord	Roberts et al. (2010)	10.1144/0016-76492009-014	JGS167_71
JGS167_71_002	525	521	523±2		zircon	Zircon	32878	Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway	Store Kufjord	Roberts et al. (2010)	10.1144/0016-76492009-014	JGS167_71
Jen_0000510	525	521	523±2	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon	108064	Lillebukt Nepheline Mine, Stjernøya Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway	Lillebukt Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55

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