Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Hofors, Gävleborg County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 228704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hofors, Gävleborg County, Sweden": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Afze Mine
Nyängsgruvan
Sjöström Mine
Storstrecksgruvan
Torsåker
Vingesbacke Mine

Latitude: 60°31'21"N
Longitude: 16°21'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.5225,16.353888888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Humite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	111426	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	111431,111441,111443	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	111428	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	111426,111428,111447,111454	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	111425,111427,111428,111431,111435,111441,111443,111445,111449,111454	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	111447	285
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	111449	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	111425,111426,111431,111433,111435,111436,111446,111447	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	111436	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	111425,111427,111428,111446,111449,111454	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	111426,111446	741
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	111427	144
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14	111425,111426,111427,111428,111430,111431,111435,111436,111439,111441,111443,111445,111446,111454	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	111446	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111427	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	111447	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	111432	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	111425,111431,111435,111436,111439	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	111428,111431,111435,111436,111439,111441,111443,111445	9056
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	111430,111446	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	111435,111436,111454	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	111449	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	111430,111446	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	111425,111427,111428,111441,111443,111445,111447,111449,111454	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	111428	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	111449	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	111433,111447	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...