Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Melteigite Outcrops, Hartung, Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 594.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 577

mindat Locality ID: 224722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melteigite Outcrops, Hartung, Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Nickeline	None

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: Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Nickeline None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Pyrrhotite ()*

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
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	594.1	577	0		9056

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000506	Baltica carbonatite complex
Jen_0000507	Baltica carbonatite complex
Jen_0000508	Baltica carbonatite complex

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000506	594.1	585.3	589.7±4.4	U-Pb	baddeleyite	Yes	Baddeleyite	9421	Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden	Alnö	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000507	588.5	577.1	582.8±5.7	U-Pb	apatite	Yes		9421	Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden	Alnö	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000508	591	577	584±7	Ar-Ar		Yes		9421	Alnö, Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden	Alnö	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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