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Locality Name:
Persberg District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID:
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Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Persberg District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kroppa

Latitude: 59°39'15"N
Longitude: 14°16'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.654166666667,14.277222222222
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 Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Ti U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBerylChalcopyriteCobaltiteColumbiteCorundumLöllingiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Galena  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51890185011128461310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1890185011128469052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1890185011128461966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31890185011128461935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11189018501112846843
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218901850111284627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS189018501112846966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181890185011128461008
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18901850111284624243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS189018501112846170
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31890185011128465433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14189018501112846784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2189018501112846762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418901850111284614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21890185011128465800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31890185011128461425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218901850111284639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81890185011128469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218901850111284661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18901850111284621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4189018501112846586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131890185011128465317
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)418901850111284651


1 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
Kristen00240118901850  Fe, Mn, S ore formation   Yes Fe, Mn, S220866Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenBergslagenSundblad et al. (1993)10.1016/0301-9268(93)90085-GPR64_319 

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