Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Holtålen, Trøndelag, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 470
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 59413
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59413.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holtålen, Trøndelag, Norway": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ålen
Blåstøten Prospect
Haltdalen
Haltdalen - Kjøli Area
Hessdalen

Latitude: 62°51'59"N
Longitude: 11°28'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.866388888889,11.474722222222

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	Andalusite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Marcasite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite

Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Marcasite
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			2	94258,94259	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94255	718
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	470	470	1	94250	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	94253,94254	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	470	3	94250,94253,94255	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	94253,94255	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	94255	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94255	327
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94255	178
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	94255	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	94255	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	94255	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	94255	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	94254	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	94255	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	94251	5674
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	94253,94254	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	470	2	94250,94255	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	94251,94253,94255	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	470	470	2	94250,94255	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	94254	390
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	94255,94256	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	470	2	94250,94253	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	94255	978

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-00676	470	470	Ordovician										S	48424	Killingdal Mines, Ålen, Holtålen, Trøndelag, Norway	Killingdal	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

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