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Locality Name:
Hornkull Silver Mines (Hornkullen), Kroppa, Persberg District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

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

mindat Locality ID: 10670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hornkull Silver Mines (Hornkullen), Kroppa, Persberg District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°39'15"N
Longitude: 14°16'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.654166666667,14.277222222222

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Corundum	Löllingite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Galena ()*	Gudmundite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*

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 Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Ti U Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Columbite Corundum Löllingite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1890	1850	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1890	1850	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1890	1850	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1890	1850	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1890	1850	843
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1890	1850	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1890	1850	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1890	1850	1008
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1890	1850	24243
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1890	1850	170
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1890	1850	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1890	1850	784
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1890	1850	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1890	1850	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1890	1850	5800
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1890	1850	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1890	1850	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1890	1850	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1890	1850	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1890	1850	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1890	1850	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1890	1850	5317
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	1890	1850	51

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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