Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Enåsen Mine, Ljusdal, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 10582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enåsen Mine, Ljusdal, Gävleborg County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°17'11"N
Longitude: 15°22'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.286388888889,15.370555555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Löllingite	Marcasite	Melonite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Kawazulite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Montbrayite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tellurantimony ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Topaz ()*	Willyamite ()*

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 Bi Co Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Co Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Löllingite Marcasite Melonite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Topaz

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1900	1800	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1900	1800	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1900	1800	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1900	1800	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1900	1800	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1900	1800	1008
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	1900	1800	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1900	1800	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1900	1800	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1900	1800	804
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se	1900	1800	32
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1900	1800	762
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	1900	1800	19
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1900	1800	57
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1900	1800	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1900	1800	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1900	1800	1516
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1900	1800	668
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃	1900	1800	29
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1900	1800	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1900	1800	1476
Willyamite ()*	Cobaltite	CoSbS	1900	1800	25

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
	MD29_150_Enåsen	1900	1800	1900-1800											10582	Enåsen Mine, Ljusdal, Gävleborg County, Sweden	Enåsen gold deposit	Hallberg (1994)	10.1007/BF00191512	MD29_150	The lead isotopic composition of ore lead from the Enåsen deposit shows that the mineralization at Enåsen is of Palaeoproterozoic age and approximately coeval with other Svecofennian ( ~ 1.8-1.9 Ga) sulphide deposits in Sweden and Finland (Hallberg 1989).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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