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

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

mindat Locality ID: 11999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11999.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 59°45'4"N
Longitude: 14°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.751111111111,14.366666666667
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: Ag As Bi Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Sn Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeMarcasite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1890185002793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1890185009052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1890171501966
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb189017150175
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21890171505171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218901850027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1890185004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3189018500802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17231715024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1890185007437
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS189018500170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318901850014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31890185005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418901850014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21890185005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21890185005800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31890185001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218901850039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81890185009056
Silver  (*)CopperAg1890171505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18901850021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4189018500668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131890185005317
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1890185001044


5 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
Kristen00240118901850  Fe, Mn, S ore formation   Yes Fe, Mn, S220866Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenBergslagenSundblad et al. (1993)10.1016/0301-9268(93)90085-GPR64_319 
Kristen00212418601860  age of sulphide mineralization and skarn deformation   Yes  10598Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenGruvåsen Sulphide SkarnHellingwerf and van Raaphorst (1988)10.1007/BF01164699MP38_161 
MP38_161-00001186018601860     Yes  10598Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenGruvåsen Hellingwerf and van Raaphorst (1988)10.1007/BF01164699MP38_161 
PR51_265-00013171517151715Pb-Pb galena161 YesGalena  10598Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenGruvåsenSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 
PR51_265-00014172317231723Pb-Pb galena165 YesGalena  10598Gruvåsen Mines, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenGruvåsenSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 

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