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Locality Name:
Finnshytteberg Ore Field (Finnshytte), Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1841
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1655

mindat Locality ID: 11080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Finnshytteberg Ore Field (Finnshytte), Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alexander Mine
Grind Mine
Grön Mine
Hålbäck Mines
Jakobs Mine
Laggarbo Mine
Nord Mine
Norra Kråkåsen
Nyäng Mine
Olov Mine
Östra Kråkåsen
Plank Mine
Rund Mine
Södra Kråkåsen
Stöpsjö Mine

Latitude: 59°45'17"N
Longitude: 14°9'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.754722222222,14.156944444444
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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFluoriteHumiteKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
OlivinePyritePyroxeneSerpentineSpinelTitaniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinosafflorite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21841165503419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2184116550718
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi184116552112804,1128071966
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2184116550462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18411841111280727770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4184118411112807154
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS218411841111280730
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218411841111280727198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2184116550285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4184116550951
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs218411841111280721
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS184116552112804,112807966
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2184116550327
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1841184111128078173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O165516551112804814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21841165509617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1841165501188
Gold  (*)CopperAu18411841111280730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1841184111128072812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6165516550741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318411841111280714640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O184118411112807144
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4184118411112807249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418411841111280714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21841184111128075674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21841184111128075800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216551655111280417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218411841111280739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81841184111128079056
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2184118411112807317
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4184118411112807249
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41841184111128071934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1841184111128074899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21841184111128072562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101841184111128071395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31841184111128071247


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
Kristen00240516551655  alteration age and skarn formation    Grossular, Hedenbergite, Wollastonite 11080Finnshytteberg Ore Field (Finnshytte), Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenFinnshyttebrg Ore FieldBurke and Zakrzewski (1983) CM21_129 
Kristen00240418411841  formation of skarn minerals and sulphide mineralization     S10622Nord Mine, Finnshytteberg Ore Field (Finnshytte), Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenNord MineBurke and Zakrzewski (1983) CM21_129 

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