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Locality Name:
Åmål, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1200

mindat Locality ID: 23787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Åmål, Västra Götaland County, Sweden": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Björby Mine
Edskekärr Mine
Förhoppnings Mine
Knolle Mine
Nötö Mine
Rolfsby Ore Field
Salebol
Slädekärr Mine
Stora Strand
Strandhem Ore Field
Tottens Mine
Viken Ore Field
Vingenäs Mine

Latitude: 58°54'24"N
Longitude: 12°33'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.906666666667,12.553888888889

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.

Acanthite	Allactite	Allophane	Apatite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Flinkite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*
Svabite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allactite Allophane Apatite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Malachite Monazite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

46 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	113222	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	113229	1022
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	113229	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	113221,113222	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	113222,113230	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	113224,113226,113229,113233	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	113229	173
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	113222	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1200	1200	9	113221,113222,113223,113225,113226,113227,113229,113231,113233	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	113229	483
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂			1	113229	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	113221,113222,113229,113232	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			6	113219,113221,113222,113225,113226,113229	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1200	1200	12	113219,113220,113221,113222,113223,113225,113226,113227,113229,113230,113231,113233	27198
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)			1	113229	46
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	113229	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	113232	8173
Flinkite ()*	Allactite	Mn²⁺₂Mn³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₄			1	113229	6
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1200	1200	3	113222,113224,113227	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1200	1200	9	113219,113220,113221,113222,113225,113226,113227,113229,113231	24243
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(AsO₄)			1	113229	23
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1200	1200	1	113227	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	113229	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	113224,113229,113232	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	113229	172
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	113226	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	113229	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	113221,113222,113226,113229,113230	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			4	113224,113229,113230,113232	770
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			2	113229,113230	186
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	113226	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1200	1200	6	113219,113220,113223,113227,113229,113231	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	113222,113229	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			1	113229	88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	113229,113232	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	113224,113229,113232	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	113229	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	113221,113223,113224,113226	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			4	113221,113222,113225,113226	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	113229	1214
Svabite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃F			1	113229	16
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			3	113221,113223,113226	1803
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	113229	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			5	113221,113223,113226,113229,113233	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	113229	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	113229	5251

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
	sedcu-00626	1200	1200	Proterozoic										Cu	14662	Stora Strand, Åmål, Västra Götaland County, Sweden	Stora Strand	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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