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Locality Name:
Getberg Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

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

mindat Locality ID: 10588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Getberg Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°52'12"N
Longitude: 14°15'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.87,14.265555555556

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite
Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Antimony ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Breithauptite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Costibite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprostibite ()*	Digenite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hessite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wickmanite ()*

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 Bi Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O S Sb Sn Te Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O S Sb Sn Te Tl Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Copper Covellite Cubanite Digenite
Löllingite Nickeline None Perovskite Stannoidite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1890	1850	2793
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1890	1850	69
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1890	1850	363
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1890	1850	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1890	1850	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1890	1850	175
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1890	1850	27198
Costibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS	1890	1850	19
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1890	1850	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1890	1850	802
Cuprostibite ()*	None	Cu₂(Sb,Tl)	1890	1850	15
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1890	1850	1027
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1890	1850	246
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1890	1850	170
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1890	1850	804
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1890	1850	451
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1890	1850	1425
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1890	1850	5186
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1890	1850	80
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1890	1850	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1890	1850	5317
Wickmanite ()*	Perovskite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	1890	1850	24

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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