Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Västerberg Copper Mine, Sandviken, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1700

mindat Locality ID: 13601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Västerberg Copper Mine, Sandviken, Gävleborg County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Nickeline	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Nickeline None Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1800	1700	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1800	1700	1008
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1800	1700	24243
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1800	1700	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1800	1700	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1800	1700	3337

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
	Kristen002452	1800	1700			ductile shear age					Yes				24585	Sandviken, Gävleborg County, Sweden	Rattvik-Sandviken Shear Zone	Tirén and Beckholmen (1990)	10.1080/11035899009453195`	GFSF112_197

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