Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Giken Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 36285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giken Mine, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Giken-Sulitjelma Adit
Helsan Adit
Main Adit
Olavs Adit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Ettringite	Feldspar	Löllingite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Nisbite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Witherite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Ettringite Feldspar Löllingite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	485	444	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	485	444	1588
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	485	444	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	485	444	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485	444	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	444	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	485	444	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	485	444	175
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	485	444	303
Nisbite ()*	Löllingite	NiSb₂	485	444	20
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	444	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	444	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	485	444	5614
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	485	444	183
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	485	444	251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00653	485	444	Ordovician							Yes				246377	Anna Adit, Jakobsbakken Mines, Sulitjelma Cu Mines, Sulitjelma, Fauske, Nordland, Norway	Anna	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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