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Ettedal Mine, Vegårshei, Agder, Norwayi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ettedal Mine | Mine |
| Vegårshei | Municipality |
| Agder | County |
| Norway | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
58° 43' 20'' North , 8° 45' 43'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Myra | 544 (2014) | 6.5km |
| Tvedestrand | 1,975 (2016) | 14.8km |
| Åmli | 572 (2016) | 16.7km |
| Eikeland | 408 (2012) | 21.3km |
| Gjerstad | 339 (2010) | 23.0km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Espeland Pb-Ag Deposit; Ettedalen; Etterdalen; Espeland sølvgruve; Espelandsmyr
Other Languages:
Norwegian:
Ettedal gruve, Vegårshei kommune, Agder, Norge
A small galena and zinc deposit located SW of Vegårshei Church. The mine shafts are up to 300 m long. The NGU (Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse; Norway Geological Survey) examined this deposit and considers it to be of little relevance. It reports that the mineralized zone is up to 2.5 m wide.
The mineralization occurs where small aplite veins cut a schistose amphibolite; a galena-rich ore zone about one meter wide is surrounded by an irregular zone of sulfide impregnation in the amphibolitic wall rock.
Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1879 - 1894 Regular production Company/Institution: English Consortium
1890 - 1891 Test mining Company/Institution : Jensen og Astrup
1983 - 1984 Geology Company/Institution : ARCO
2000 - 2000 Sampling Company/Institution : NGU
The mineralization occurs where small aplite veins cut a schistose amphibolite; a galena-rich ore zone about one meter wide is surrounded by an irregular zone of sulfide impregnation in the amphibolitic wall rock.
Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1879 - 1894 Regular production Company/Institution: English Consortium
1890 - 1891 Test mining Company/Institution : Jensen og Astrup
1983 - 1984 Geology Company/Institution : ARCO
2000 - 2000 Sampling Company/Institution : NGU
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
19 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Boulangerite Formula: Pb5Sb4S11 |
| ⓘ Breithauptite Formula: NiSb |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup' Formula: (Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Description: Silver bearing galena with octahedral cleavage. |
| ⓘ Gudmundite Formula: FeSbS Description: As inclusions in galena. |
| ⓘ Hessite Formula: Ag2Te Description: As inclusions to 0,3 mm in galena. |
| ⓘ Matildite Formula: AgBiS2 |
| ⓘ Native Bismuth Formula: Bi Description: Bismuth occurs as inclusions as grains of 0,2 - 0,3 mm size, in galena. |
| ⓘ Pyrargyrite Formula: Ag3SbS3 Description: As inclusions in galena. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Schapbachite Formula: Ag0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ Stephanite Formula: Ag5SbS4 Description: As inclusions in galena, from 0,2 x 0,2 mm to 0,3 x 0,3 mm size. |
| ⓘ Ullmannite Formula: NiSbS Description: As inclusions in galena, as isolated irregular laths up to 100 µm long.
Cobaltian ullmannite also oocurs as elongated, irregular grains intergrown with pyrrhotite along its margins in galena (Naik et al 1976) |
| ⓘ Willyamite Formula: CoSbS Description: As inclusions in galena, as equidimensional grains up to 60 µm across complexly intergrown with pyrrhotite and breihauptite (Naik et al. 1976) |
| ⓘ Zoubekite ? Formula: AgPb4Sb4S10 Description: The mineral Naik (1975) describe as Phase C is indistinguishable from zoubekite on available data. References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Bismuth | 1.CA.05 | Bi |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Hessite | 2.BA.60 | Ag2Te |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Breithauptite | 2.CC.05 | NiSb |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Gudmundite | 2.EB.20 | FeSbS |
| ⓘ | Ullmannite | 2.EB.25 | NiSbS |
| ⓘ | Willyamite | 2.EB.25 | CoSbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrargyrite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3SbS3 |
| ⓘ | 'Freibergite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | (Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1 |
| ⓘ | Stephanite | 2.GB.10 | Ag5SbS4 |
| ⓘ | Boulangerite | 2.HC.15 | Pb5Sb4S11 |
| ⓘ | Zoubekite ? | 2.HC.35 | AgPb4Sb4S10 |
| ⓘ | Schapbachite | 2.JA.15 | Ag0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S |
| ⓘ | Matildite | 2.JA.20 | AgBiS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Geochronology
Mineralization age: Mesoproterozoic : 1510 ± 60 MaImportant note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded on mindat.org for this locality and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.
| Geologic Time | Rocks, Minerals and Events | ||||||
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| Mesoproterozoic | |||||||
| Calymmian |
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Other Databases
| Link to Geological Survey of Norway: | 5316 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Baltic Shield
- Sveconorwegian BeltShield
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Norway
- ⭔Aust-AgderCounty
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References
Oftedal, Ivar (1943) Om betingelsene for oktedrisk spaltbarhet hos vismutrik blyglans [On the conditions for octahedral cleavability in bismuth-rich galena]. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology], 22 (1-2).
Naik, M.S. (1975) Silver sulphosalts in galena from Espeland, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology], 55 (2) 185-189
Ettedal Mine, Vegårshei, Agder, Norway