Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Rakkejaur Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1950
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1890

mindat Locality ID: 10915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10915.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

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

Latitude: 65°8'30"N
Longitude: 19°9'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.141666666667,19.156944444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Bournonite Chalcopyrite Copper Meneghinite Nickeline None Pyrite Scheelite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1950	1950	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1950	1950	343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1950	1950	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1950	1950	1089
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1950	1950	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1950	1950	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1950	1950	170
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1950	1950	784
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1950	1950	158
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1950	1950	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1950	1950	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1950	1950	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1950	1950	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1950	1950	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1950	1950	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1950	1950	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
MD25_50-00004	1890	1890	1890	Yes		13955	Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Kristineberg	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50
vms-00943	1950	1950	Proterozoic		S	10915	Rakkejaur Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rakkejaur	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
MD25_50-00003	1890	1890	1890	Yes		10914	Rävliden Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rävliden	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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