Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Finnfalls Mine, Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1715

mindat Locality ID: 10635
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10635.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Finnfalls Mine, Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°44'25"N
Longitude: 14°23'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.740277777778,14.391944444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Cubanite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Wurtzite

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 As Bi Co Cu Fe Mo Ni Pb S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Co Cu Fe Mo Ni Pb S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Cubanite Molybdenite Nickeline None Rocksalt Sphalerite
Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Galena ()*	Hessite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1890	1850	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1890	1715	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1890	1850	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1890	1850	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1890	1850	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1723	1715	24243
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1890	1715	804
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1890	1850	451
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1890	1850	5800
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1890	1850	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1890	1850	21482

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002401	1890	1850			Fe, Mn, S ore formation			Yes		Fe, Mn, S	220866	Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Bergslagen	Sundblad et al. (1993)	10.1016/0301-9268(93)90085-G	PR64_319
Kristen002124	1860	1860			age of sulphide mineralization and skarn deformation			Yes			10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen Sulphide Skarn	Hellingwerf and van Raaphorst (1988)	10.1007/BF01164699	MP38_161
MP38_161-00001	1860	1860	1860					Yes			10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen	Hellingwerf and van Raaphorst (1988)	10.1007/BF01164699	MP38_161
PR51_265-00013	1715	1715	1715	Pb-Pb		galena	161	Yes	Galena		10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00014	1723	1723	1723	Pb-Pb		galena	165	Yes	Galena		10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265

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