Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Skårnesdalen, Håfjellsmulden, Håfjellet, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 46442
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46442.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skårnesdalen, Håfjellsmulden, Håfjellet, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°22'46"N
Longitude: 16°43'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.379444444444,16.723888888889

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1000	1000	3092
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1000	1000	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	1000	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	1000	9895
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1000	1000	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	1000	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1000	1000	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	1000	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	1000	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	1000	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	1000	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1000	1000	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1000	1000	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	1000	21482

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
	sedznpb-00354	1000	1000	Neoproterozoic?											46442	Skårnesdalen, Håfjellsmulden, Håfjellet, Ballangen, Nordland, Norway	Skårnesdalen	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...