Mineral Evolution Database
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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Adolfsbergsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 221142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adolfsbergsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°38'29"N
Longitude: 16°53'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.641388888889,16.893333333333

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000001Felsic Metatuffite Formation in the upper part of an Early Proterozoic Volcanosedimentary Sequence metamorphosed to the upper amphibolite facies.
Giersdorf_00000002Felsic Metatuffite Formation in the upper part of an Early Proterozoic Volcanosedimentary Sequence metamorphosed to the upper amphibolite facies. (Mineralization occurs in a metatuffite formation in the upper part of an Early Proterozoic (1.9-1.8 Ga) volcano-sedimentary sequence metamorphosed to the upper amphibolite facies)


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
GFF120_315-00001187818641871±7  zircon  YesZircon  5796Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland County, SwedenTunabergLundström et al. (1998)10.1080/11035899809453225GFF120_315 
GFF120_315-00002184518271836±9  zircon  YesZircon  5796Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland County, SwedenTunabergLundström et al. (1998)10.1080/11035899809453225GFF120_315 
Giersdorf_00000001183018801830-1880 Volcanosedimentary formation age   YesOenite 5796Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland County, SwedenTunaberg Cu-Co Sulfide SkarnDobbe and Zakrewski (1998) CM36_855Felsic Metatuffite Formation in the upper portion of a Early Proterozoic volcanosedimantary metamorphic sequence
Giersdorf_00000002190018001800-1900 Volcanosedimentary formation age   YesKieftite 5796Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland County, SwedenTunaberg Cu-Co Sulfide SkarnDobbe et al. (1994) CM32_179Felsic Metatuffite Formation in the upper portion of a Early Proterozoic volcanosedimantary metamorphic sequence (Mineralization occurs in a metatuffite formation in the upper part of an Early Proterozoic (1.9-1.8 Ga) volcano-sedimentary sequence metamorphosed to the upper amphibolite facies)


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