Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden

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

mindat Locality ID: 13955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13955.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

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

Latitude: 65°3'56"N
Longitude: 18°33'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.065555555556,18.563888888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kribergite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Fluorite Gypsum
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1890	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1950	1890	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1950	1950	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1950	1890	708
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1950	1950	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1950	1950	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1950	1890	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1950	1890	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1950	1890	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1950	1890	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1950	1950	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1950	1890	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1950	1950	6890
Kribergite ()*	None	Al₅(PO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1950	1950	1
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1950	1890	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1950	1890	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1950	1950	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1950	1890	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1950	1950	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1950	1890	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1950	1890	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1950	1950	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1950	1890	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1950	1950	1803
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1950	1890	5251

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			13955	Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Kristineberg	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50
vms-00931	1950	1950	Proterozoic		S	13955	Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Kristineberg	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

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