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:
Lindsköld Mine (Adak-Lindsköld), Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 29703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lindsköld Mine (Adak-Lindsköld), Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°22'21"N
Longitude: 18°38'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.3725,18.648888888889

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.

Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Löllingite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Safflorite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Löllingite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Stilbite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	2500	541	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2500	541	1008
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2500	541	180
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2500	541	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2500	541	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2500	541	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2500	541	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2500	541	762
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	5800
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2500	541	733
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	2500	541	317
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2500	541	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2500	541	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2500	541	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	2500	541	189
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2500	541	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
MD25_50-00004	1890	1890	1890	Yes	13955	Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Kristineberg	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50
vms-00916	2500	541	Proterozoic		29703	Lindsköld Mine (Adak-Lindsköld), Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Adak-Lindskold	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
MD25_50-00003	1890	1890	1890	Yes	10914	Rävliden Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rävliden	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50

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