Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1679
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1658

mindat Locality ID: 10587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alfrida Mine
Berglund Prospect
Gamla Mines (Old Mines)
Järnås Mine
Kextjärn Mine
Mellan Ore Field (Middle Field)
Stollberget Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Västra Ore Field (Western Field)

Latitude: 59°51'15"N
Longitude: 14°29'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.854166666667,14.484444444444

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Allargentum ()*	Amesite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Troilite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Garnet Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrosmalite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

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
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1679	1658	3	112060,112063,112066	69
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1679	1658	0		74
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1679	1658	0		1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1679	1658	1	112062	718
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1679	1658	3	112059,112063,112066	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1679	1658	7	112058,112059,112060,112063,112064,112065,112066	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1679	1658	1	112060	5509
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1679	1658	0		343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1679	1658	3	112058,112060,112066	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1679	1658	3	112058,112060,112066	1089
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1679	1658	3	112058,112060,112066	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1679	1658	8	112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112064,112065,112066	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1679	1658	0		1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1679	1658	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1670	1670	1	112063	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1679	1658	1	112062	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1679	1658	1	112062	4135
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1679	1658	1	112060	180
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1679	1658	4	112058,112060,112063,112066	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1679	1658	7	112058,112059,112060,112063,112064,112065,112066	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1679	1658	5	112058,112060,112063,112064,112065	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1679	1658	1	112060	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1679	1658	4	112058,112060,112063,112066	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1679	1658	1	112060	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1679	1658	6	112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112066	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1679	1658	5	112058,112059,112060,112061,112063	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1679	1658	1	112060	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1679	1658	6	112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112066	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1679	1658	2	112060,112066	158
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1679	1679	1	112066	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1679	1658	0		5800
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1679	1658	4	112058,112063,112064,112066	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1679	1658	7	112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112065,112066	39462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	1679	1658	0		38
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1679	1658	8	112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112064,112065,112066	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1679	1658	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1679	1658	0		1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1679	1658	3	112060,112061,112066	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1679	1658	1	112058	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1679	1658	7	112058,112059,112060,112063,112064,112065,112066	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1679	1679	1	112066	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1679	1658	1	112058	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1679	1658	1	112060	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1679	1658	1	112059	5317
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1679	1658	0		1044
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1679	1658	0		1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
PR51_265-00017	1658	1658	1658	Pb-Pb	galena	Galena	10587	Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	Eastern ore field	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00016	1670	1670	1670	Pb-Pb	galena	Galena	11998	Mellan Ore Field (Middle Field), Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	Central ore field	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00015	1679	1679	1679	Pb-Pb	galena	Galena	11997	Västra Ore Field (Western Field), Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	Western ore field	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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