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

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

mindat Locality ID: 13608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hålbäck Mines, Finnshytteberg Ore Field (Finnshytte), Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°45'12"N
Longitude: 14°10'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.753333333333,14.168333333333

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 Bi Co H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Co H K O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicClayCobaltiteMicaNoneVivianite

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuth  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1655165501966
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS165516550966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O165516550814
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216551655017380



1 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   YesGrossular, Hedenbergite, Wollastonite 11080Finnshytteberg Ore Field (Finnshytte), Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenFinnshyttebrg Ore FieldBurke and Zakrzewski (1983) CM21_129 


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