Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1039

mindat Locality ID: 221072
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221072.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Västra Götaland County, Sweden": 111
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Ale
Åmål
Bengtsfors
Borås
Dals-Ed
Färgelanda
Götene
Gothenburg
Karlsborg
Kungälv
Lidköping
Lysekil
Mellerud
Munkedal
Orust
Stångenäs
Stångenäset
Stenungsund
Svenljunga
Tanum
Tibro
Tidaholm
Tjörn
Tranemo
Trollhättan
Uddevalla
Vänersborg

Latitude: 58°15'4"N
Longitude: 12°32'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.251111111111,12.546666666667

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.

Acanthite	Aeschynite	Allactite	Allanite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Baryte
Beryl	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Edingtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica
Milarite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Thortveitite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aeschynite Allactite Allanite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Baryte
Beryl Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Edingtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Lazulite Malachite Mica
Milarite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite
Thortveitite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon

104 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Augelite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bementite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Billietite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Diopside ()*	Edingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Flinkite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Gatumbaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*
Jacobsite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Matildite ()*	Microcline ()*
Milarite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorzalite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Svabite ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Trolleite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Wyllieite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	113222	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	113274	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	113229	1022
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			2	113213,113297	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			6	113213,113217,113254,113274,113301,113317	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	113297	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	113280,113286	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	113301	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	113229	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	113221,113222,113301	3092
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃			1	113305	79
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	113222,113230,113275	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			6	113224,113226,113229,113233,113267,113268	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)			1	113254	255
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	113229	173
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			3	113242,113288,113317	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			5	113254,113286,113288,113317,113318	4286
Billietite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	113235	38
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	113317,113318	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	113222,113318	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1200	1200	11	113221,113222,113223,113225,113226,113227,113229,113231,113233,113282,113292	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			2	113229,113267	483
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂			1	113229	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			11	113221,113222,113229,113232,113261,113262,113267,113274,113275,113297,113301	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	113317,113318	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			6	113219,113221,113222,113225,113226,113229	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1200	1200	17	113219,113220,113221,113222,113223,113225,113226,113227,113229,113230,113231,113233,113274,113275,113282,113288,113313	27198
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)			1	113229	46
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	113266	1756
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			4	113254,113288,113317,113318	289
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	113229,113282,113313	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	113305	310
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	113237	4135
Edingtonite ()*	Edingtonite	Ba(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·4H₂O			2	113267,113269	26
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			6	113213,113232,113240,113254,113274,113301	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			5	113213,113295,113296,113297,113298	414
Flinkite ()*	Allactite	Mn²⁺₂Mn³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₄			1	113229	6
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	113305	73
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	113254,113297,113301	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1200	1039	9	113222,113224,113227,113254,113267,113287,113301,113317,113318	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1200	1200	10	113219,113220,113221,113222,113225,113226,113227,113229,113231,113282	24243
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(AsO₄)			1	113229	23
Gatumbaite ()*	None	CaAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·H₂O			1	113305	5
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	113267	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1200	1200	3	113227,113310,113313	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			2	113229,113261	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			7	113224,113229,113232,113235,113275,113295,113301	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	113282	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			5	113295,113296,113297,113298,113301	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			1	113317	148
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	113229	172
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O			1	113298	198
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	113226	234
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	113251,113305	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	113305	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			7	113229,113240,113275,113296,113297,113298,113301	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			7	113221,113222,113226,113229,113230,113275,113292	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			11	113224,113229,113230,113232,113256,113257,113260,113262,113263,113267,113268	770
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	113313	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			13	113210,113211,113213,113214,113215,113254,113266,113272,113292,113297,113301,113317,113318	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O			2	113252,113254	156
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			2	113254,113297	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	113267	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	113254,113286,113301,113318	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			2	113229,113230	186
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	113274	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	113226	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1200	1200	14	113219,113220,113223,113227,113229,113231,113240,113274,113275,113282,113298,113310,113313,113318	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	113262,113267	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	113297	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1043	1039	29	113210,113211,113212,113213,113214,113215,113217,113222,113229,113240,113244,113251,113254,113262,113266,113267,113272,113274,113275,113279,113284,113286,113287,113292,113297,113301,113307,113310,113313	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			1	113229	88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			5	113229,113232,113258,113261,113267	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	113224,113229,113232	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	113249,113297,113301,113305	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			2	113213,113299	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	113229	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	113274	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	113305	60
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			5	113221,113223,113224,113226,113301	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			4	113221,113222,113225,113226	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	113229	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	113254,113274,113288,113318	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	113249	1934
Svabite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃F			1	113229	16
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	113305	105
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	113235	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			3	113221,113223,113226	1803
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	113229	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			6	113221,113223,113226,113229,113233,113318	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			3	113254,113297,113301	1006
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇			1	113297	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	113229,113301	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1043	1039	4	113287,113305,113317,113318	1476
Trolleite ()*	None	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃			1	113305	16
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			3	113235,113296,113298	2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			2	113267,113269	605
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	113282	297
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	113305	62
Wyllieite ()*	None	NaNaMn(Fe²⁺Al)(PO₄)₃			1	113305	17
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			3	113254,113299,113301	939
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄			1	113213	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			7	113229,113296,113297,113298,113299,113301,113318	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	113292	1025

2 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
	sedcu-00626	1200	1200	Proterozoic										Cu	14662	Stora Strand, Åmål, Västra Götaland County, Sweden	Stora Strand	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	Bradley_2012_113	1043	1039	1041±2	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							14661	Skantorp, Orust, Västra Götaland County, Sweden	Skantorp	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060828	Skuleboda, Väne Ryr, Vänersborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R060828

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