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Locality Name:
Grängesberg Mining District, Grängesberg, Ludvika, Dalarna County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 14721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grängesberg Mining District, Grängesberg, Ludvika, Dalarna County, Sweden": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Björnberg Mines
East Ormberg Ore Field
Grangesberg Iron Mine (Grangesberg Iron Project)
Gudmundberg Ore Field
Kronhälls Mines
Långblå Mines
Lomberg Ore Field
Pullero Mines
Risberg Ore Field
Strandberg Ore Field
West Ormberg Ore Field

Latitude: 60°4'47"N
Longitude: 15°0'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.079722222222,15.010833333333
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: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P S Si Ti W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Mo O P S Si W Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FluoriteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzScheelite
SpinelTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gedrite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22111322,1113293419
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21111322718
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111132527198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811113291008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21111329327
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211113299895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20178
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111132214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42111322,11132914899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111132917380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22111322,11133061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11113294899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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