Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oskarshamn, Kalmar County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2567
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2567

mindat Locality ID: 208040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oskarshamn, Kalmar County, Sweden": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Askaremåla
Kråkemåla
Solstad Mine

Latitude: 57°30'41"N
Longitude: 16°36'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.511388888889,16.611388888889

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Tellurium ()*	Topaz ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Stibnite Topaz

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2567	2567	1	111802	8803
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	111803	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	111803	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	111803	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2567	2567	2	111801,111802	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	111803	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	111803	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	111803	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	111803	1027
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	111803	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2567	2567	2	111801,111802	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2567	2567	1	111802	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	111803	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	111803	804
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄			1	111803	249
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2567	2567	2	111801,111802	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2567	2567	1	111802	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2567	2567	3	111801,111802,111803	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	111803	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2567	2567	2	111801,111802	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2567	2567	1	111802	5614
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			1	111803	190
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2567	2567	1	111802	1476
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	111803	297

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PR51_265-00020	2567	2567	2567	Pb-Pb			galena				Galena			189512	Kråkemåla, Oskarshamn, Kalmar County, Sweden	Kråkemåla quarry	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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