Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Dressfalls Mines, Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1715

mindat Locality ID: 10811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dressfalls Mines, Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°44'59"N
Longitude: 14°22'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.749722222222,14.366944444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Löllingite	Madocite	Nickeline	None	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Antimony ()*	Ardaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nisbite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Löllingite Madocite Nickeline None Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1890	1715	363
Ardaite ()*	Madocite	Pb₁₇Sb₁₅S₃₅Cl₉	1890	1850	2
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1890	1850	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1890	1850	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1723	1715	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1890	1850	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1890	1715	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1890	1850	14899
Nisbite ()*	Löllingite	NiSb₂	1890	1715	20
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1890	1850	1425
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1890	1850	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1890	1715	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1890	1715	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1890	1850	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1890	1850	668

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
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
Kristen002124	1860	1860			age of sulphide mineralization and skarn deformation			Yes			10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen Sulphide Skarn	Hellingwerf and van Raaphorst (1988)	10.1007/BF01164699	MP38_161
MP38_161-00001	1860	1860	1860					Yes			10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen	Hellingwerf and van Raaphorst (1988)	10.1007/BF01164699	MP38_161
PR51_265-00013	1715	1715	1715	Pb-Pb		galena	161	Yes	Galena		10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00014	1723	1723	1723	Pb-Pb		galena	165	Yes	Galena		10598	Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	Gruvåsen	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265

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