Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Storträsket, Storuman, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 723
Youngest recorded age at locality: 709

mindat Locality ID: 187045
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187045.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Storträsket, Storuman, Västerbotten County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°0'4"N
Longitude: 17°35'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.001111111111,17.597222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS72370909052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2723709027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS723709024243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS272370905800
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S872370909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2723709061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)72370904894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS723709021482


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PR51_265-00018709709709Pb-Pb galenaDh 81015, 22.75 m  Galena  187045Storträsket, Storuman, Västerbotten County, SwedenStorträskSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 
PR51_265-00019723723723Pb-Pb galenaDh 81013, 81.30 m  Galena  187045Storträsket, Storuman, Västerbotten County, SwedenStorträskSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 

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