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Locality Name:
St Görans Mine, Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1910
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 11105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Görans Mine, Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°50'47"N
Longitude: 15°35'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.846388888889,15.588055555556
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 Au Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H La Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleCeriteClayCopperEpidoteFornaciteMalachiteNoneSpinel
StibniteTalc

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)
Gold  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)Talc  (*)Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
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)21910185003419
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31910185001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41910185005516
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)319101850047
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)19101850028
Gold  (*)CopperAu19101850030554
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4191018800249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219101850012537
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21910185003337
Törnebohmite-(Ce)  (*)FornaciteCe2Al(SiO4)2(OH)19101850023
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21910185002562
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O19101850095


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
Be-00018185018501850  high   YesGadolinite-(Ce)Be3184Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden Allen et al. (1996)10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.979EG91_979 
Co-00005191018801910-1880     YesCarrollite, Cobaltite, Cobaltkieserite, Erythrite, Linnaeite, SmolyaninoviteCo3184Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden Holtstam & Andersson (2007)10.2113/gscanmin.45.5.1073CM45_1073 

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