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Locality Name:
Borlänge, Dalarna County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 16260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borlänge, Dalarna County, Sweden": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Boberget
Grönsjöberget
St. Tuna
Stora Tuna
Tuna-Hästberg

Latitude: 60°27'26"N
Longitude: 15°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.457222222222,15.366666666667
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: Al Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Sc Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSpinelTengeriteThortveititeVesuvianite
Wollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Keiviite-(Y)  (*)
Kimuraite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Thalénite-(Y)  (*)Thortveitite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1111227706
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1111224161
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21111223606
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111122427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111122427198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611112244135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211112309895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2111224,1112288173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111122814640
Keiviite-(Y)  (*)ThortveititeY2Si2O7111122713
Kimuraite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteCaY2(CO3)4·6H2O111122710
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42111228,11123014899
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1111223326
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211112241898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111122439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111122461156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1111230969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311112301214
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)NoneY3Si3O10F111122726
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O7111122754
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211112242562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011112241395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311112241247
Yttrialite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2Si2O72111227,11122825


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