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Locality Name:
Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1924
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1865

mindat Locality ID: 10005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ammeberg Zinkroaster
Knalla Mine
Nygruvan
Perier Shaft

Latitude: 58°49'30"N
Longitude: 15°4'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.825,15.074444444444
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: Ag Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBruciteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
LöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Costibite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kieftite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1924186502793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21924186503419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51924186501310
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4192418650708
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S819241865067
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1900187011120449052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61924186502060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19241865011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1924186501966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41924186505516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb192418650175
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2192418650462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19241865027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1924186505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219241865027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1924186501025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS192418650966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S819241865082
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181924186501008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31924186501797
Costibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS19241865019
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3192418650802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61924186504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21924186509895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1924186508173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)192418650371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21924186509617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1924186501188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4192418650445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19241865024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS192418650131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1924186507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1924186502812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS192418650170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319241865014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31924186505433
Kieftite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoSb31924186503
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1924186501271
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)192418650451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419241865014899
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl192418650139
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8192418650161
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1924186504924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21924186505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219241865017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs192418650633
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S219241865055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81924186501512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21924186502273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21924186501898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219241865039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81924186509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219241865061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21924186505614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2192418650317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1924186504894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1924186502705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51924186501516
Silver  (*)CopperAg190018703112043,112044,1120455186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19241865021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41924186501934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131924186505317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1924186504899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21924186502562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]192418650237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101924186501395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31924186501247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1924186505251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1924186501025


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
CG227_258-00001192418651889+35/-24U-Pb zircon   Zircon  10005Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, SwedenZinkgruvanKumpulainen et al. (1996)10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009CG227_258 
sedznpb-00424190018701900–1870        10005Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, SwedenZinkgruvanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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