Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Öster Silvberg Mining District, Säter, Dalarna County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 10732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Öster Silvberg Mining District, Säter, Dalarna County, Sweden": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dalskarlbo Mine
Gumsberget Mine
Herrgård Mine
Käppelbo Mine
Loberget Mines
Öster Silvberg Mines
Skvasselbo
Vallberget Mines

Latitude: 60°19'42"N
Longitude: 15°31'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.328333333333,15.525277777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	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 F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	111370	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111372	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	111376	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	111377,111378,111380	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	111371,111376	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	111375	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	111370,111372,111374,111376,111377,111387	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	111387	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	111370	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	111383,111384,111386,111387	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	111374,111375,111376,111377,111385	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	111377,111381	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	111371,111375,111376,111377,111378,111380,111381,111384,111385,111386	24243
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111377	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	111372,111377,111378,111380,111381,111383,111384	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	111385	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	111370,111371,111372,111373,111376,111377,111378,111381,111385,111387	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	111370,111371,111372,111373,111374,111376,111381,111385	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	111371,111373,111377,111378,111380,111381,111383,111384,111385,111387	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14	111371,111372,111374,111375,111376,111377,111378,111381,111383,111384,111385,111386,111387,111388	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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