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Locality Name:
Torsåker, Hofors, Gävleborg County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 189016
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189016.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torsåker, Hofors, Gävleborg County, Sweden": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Beskow Mines
Bodås Mine
Erik Ers Mine
Flughem Quarries
Fräken Mines
Gropbacka Mines
Halvars Mines
Igeltjärn Quarry
Is Mines
Linderås Mines
Lund Mines
Myggbo Mines
New Beskow Mines
Nyberg Ore Field
Old Beskow Mines
Pålsbo Mines
Penning Mines
Penninge Limestone Quarry
Petters Mine
Prästhytte Silver Mine
Rotsveds Mines
Skinnarbo Mines
Stoll Mine
Stor Mine

Latitude: 60°31'23"N
Longitude: 16°24'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.523055555556,16.401666666667
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 Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
HumiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelWollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33111431,111441,1114431534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111144727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26111431,111435,111441,111443,111445,11144927198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21111447285
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611114494135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6111431,111433,111435,111436,111446,1114478173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211114369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2111446,11144924243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61111446741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O49111430,111431,111435,111436,111439,111441,111443,111445,11144614899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1111446770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111144717380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)1111432186
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24111431,111435,111436,11143939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87111431,111435,111436,111439,111441,111443,1114459056
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2111430,111446969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2111435,1114364894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11114495186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32111430,1114461214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5111441,111443,111445,111447,11144921482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211114492562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32111433,1114471247


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