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Locality Name:
Ås, Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 594.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 577

mindat Locality ID: 224738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ås, Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ås Brygga

Latitude: 62°26'36"N
Longitude: 17°28'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.443333333333,17.479166666667

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: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteNonePyroxene

3 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6594.15770286
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2594.15770209
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH594.15771113078367



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000506Baltica carbonatite complex
Jen_0000507Baltica carbonatite complex
Jen_0000508Baltica carbonatite complex


3 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
Jen_0000506594.1585.3589.7±4.4U-Pb baddeleyite  YesBaddeleyite  9421Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, SwedenAlnöErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000507588.5577.1582.8±5.7U-Pb apatite  Yes  9421Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, SwedenAlnöErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000508591577584±7Ar-Ar    Yes  9421Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, SwedenAlnöErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 


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