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Locality Name:
Arvika, Värmland County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 23445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arvika, Värmland County, Sweden": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Glava
Gunnarskog
Stavnäs

Latitude: 59°36'42"N
Longitude: 12°35'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.611666666667,12.591111111111

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparIronMeloniteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
WurtziteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berzelianite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Kawazulite  (*)
Kostovite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mckinstryite  (*)Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Miharaite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Petzite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Weissite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Xocomecatlite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3112751,112754,1127578803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1112751489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2112751,1127579052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2112751,11275311547
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)111275166
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11127511966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43112751,112753,1127575516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611127511633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21112751361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3112751,112753,11275727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2112751,1127535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24112750,112751,112753,11275727198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1112751281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1112751966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2112751,1127574165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11127511027
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe111275143
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2112751,1127578173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121112750663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3112750,112751,11275324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2112750,1127577437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2112751,11275730554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1112751717
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se3111275137
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41112750350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34112750,112751,112753,11275714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1112751804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34112751,112752,112754,1127575433
Iron  (*)IronFe11127511089
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se111275132
Kostovite  (*)NoneAuCuTe4111275121
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81112751111
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411127571507
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41112751249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42112751,11275714899
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S4111275151
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe21112751207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2112754,1127574924
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS6111275119
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3111275167
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se1112751192
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21112751409
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211127511898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24112750,112751,112753,11275739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22112751,11275461156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4111275164
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211127515614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2112750,1127516417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11127515186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2112750,11275121482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1112757978
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)111275192
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41112751337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe1112751190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31112751276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1112751510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311127515317
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe1112751100
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2111275164
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe111275131
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31112751297
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)4111275110
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11127515251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11127571025



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