Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Viscaria Mine, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2200

mindat Locality ID: 10618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10618.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viscaria Mine, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°52'40"N
Longitude: 20°8'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.877777777778,20.140277777778

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Devilline	Ettringite	Malachite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Thaumasite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Copper Devilline Ettringite Malachite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2200	2200	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2200	2200	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2200	2200	27770
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	2200	2200	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2200	2200	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2200	2200	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2200	2200	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2200	2200	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2200	2200	366
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2200	2200	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2200	2200	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2200	2200	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2200	2200	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2200	2200	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2200	2200	1101
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	2200	2200	183

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
	vms-00955	2200	2200	Proterozoic										S	10618	Viscaria Mine, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden	Viscaria	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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