Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yxsjö Ore Field, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 31150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yxsjö Ore Field, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Näver Mine
Yxsjöberg Mine

Latitude: 60°2'49"N
Longitude: 14°46'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.046944444444,14.770555555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Danalite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum
Epidote Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	112152	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	112151	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	112152	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	112152	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	112152	58
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	0		551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	112152	9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	112151,112152	741
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	112152	237
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	0		144
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	112152	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	112152	5800
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	112152	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	112152	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	112152	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	112152	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	112152	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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