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Locality Name:
Hassela, Nordanstig, Gävleborg County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 228709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hassela, Nordanstig, Gävleborg County, Sweden": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bastås Mines
Stakholmen Quarry

Latitude: 62°8'18"N
Longitude: 16°37'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.138333333333,16.618888888889
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: Al B Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteGarnetKornerupineMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalcTourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Mg)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prismatine  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311114732353
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111147327198
Columbite-(Mg)  (*)ColumbiteMgNb2O611114748
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811114741008
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1111474648
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61111474944
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111147324243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111147314899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211114742273
Prismatine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Al,Fe)6Al4(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)22111147410
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111147339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811114739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111147461156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511114741516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111147321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211114743337


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