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Locality Name:
Adakgruvan, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden

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

mindat Locality ID: 10590
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10590.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adakgruvan, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°22'12"N
Longitude: 18°38'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.37,18.641388888889
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 Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O S Sb Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBerylChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteLöllingiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteScheeliteSkutterudite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs189018900379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1890189009052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41890189005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218901890027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181890189001008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2189018900327
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)189018900180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1890189008173
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2189018900762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21890189005800
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3189018900733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218901890039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81890189009056
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2189018900233
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1890189004894
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3189018900531


2 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
MD25_50-00004189018901890     Yes  13955Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, SwedenKristinebergVaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)10.1007/BF03326383MD25_50 
MD25_50-00003189018901890     Yes  10914Rävliden Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, SwedenRävlidenVaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)10.1007/BF03326383MD25_50 

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