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Locality Name:
Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1924
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1865

mindat Locality ID: 225764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dalby
Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines)

Latitude: 58°49'47"N
Longitude: 15°4'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.829722222222,15.079722222222
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 As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBruciteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskite
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSerpentineSkutterudite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

70 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Argentopentlandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Costibite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kieftite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marialite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1924186511120412793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21924186511120413419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311120402353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51924186511120411310
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4192418651112041708
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S819241865111204167
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS190018702112041,1120449052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61924186511120412060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19241865111204111547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1924186511120411966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41924186511120415516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb192418651112041175
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2192418651112041462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19241865111204127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1924186511120415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219241865111204127198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1924186511120411025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS192418651112041966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S819241865111204182
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181924186511120411008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31924186511120411797
Costibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS19241865111204119
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3192418651112041802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61924186511120414135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21924186511120419895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1924186511120418173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)192418651112041371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21924186511120419617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1924186511120411188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4192418651112041445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19241865111204124243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS192418651112041131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1924186511120417437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1924186511120412812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS192418651112041170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319241865111204114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31924186511120415433
Kieftite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoSb31924186511120413
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1924186511120411271
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)192418651112041451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419241865111204114899
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl192418651112041139
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8192418651112041161
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)192418652112040,1120414924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21924186511120415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2192418652112040,11204117380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs192418651112041633
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S219241865111204155
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81924186511120411512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21924186511120412273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21924186511120411898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219241865111204139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81924186511120419056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2192418652112040,11204161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21924186511120415614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2192418651112041317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1924186511120414894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)192418652112040,1120412705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51924186511120411516
Silver  (*)CopperAg190018704112041,112043,112044,1120455186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19241865111204121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41924186511120411934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131924186511120415317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1924186511120414899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21924186511120412562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]192418651112041237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101924186511120411395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31924186511120411247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1924186511120415251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1924186511120411025


2 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
CG227_258-00001192418651889+35/-24U-Pb zircon   Zircon  10005Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, SwedenZinkgruvanKumpulainen et al. (1996)10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009CG227_258 
sedznpb-00424190018701900–1870        10005Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, SwedenZinkgruvanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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