Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Säter, Dalarna County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 23831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Säter, Dalarna County, Sweden": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bispberg Fe Mines
Bispbergs Klack
Blåkullaberg
Brodd Mine
Hästhagberg Ore Field
Lövåsen
Nisshytte Ore Field
Öster Silvberg Mining District
St. Skedevi
Tomtebo Mines

Latitude: 60°23'19"N
Longitude: 15°44'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.388611111111,15.746111111111

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vivianite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Te Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Garnet Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vivianite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thalénite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	111368,111370	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	111363,111372	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	111376	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4	111377,111378,111380,111391	1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	111371,111376,111391	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	111367,111368	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	111362	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	111362,111365	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	111362	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	111361,111367,111375	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	111362	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	111362,111367,111368,111370,111372,111374,111376,111377,111387,111391	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	111387	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	111365,111368	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	111390,111391	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	111368,111370	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	111366	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	111367,111383,111384,111386,111387	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	111365,111367	814
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	111390	196
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	111362	345
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1	111390	45
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	111367,111374,111375,111376,111377,111385,111390,111391	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	111377,111381	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13	111362,111367,111369,111371,111375,111376,111377,111378,111380,111381,111384,111385,111386	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	111391	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	111361	2812
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	111367	741
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	111362	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	111361	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	111363	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	111362	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	111361,111367,111368	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	111366	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	111367,111377	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	111362,111365,111368	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	111367,111369,111372,111377,111378,111380,111381,111383,111384,111390	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111390	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	111385	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	111363,111367,111369,111370,111371,111372,111373,111376,111377,111378,111381,111385,111387	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	10	111367,111368,111370,111371,111372,111373,111374,111376,111381,111385	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	111361,111362,111364,111367,111369,111371,111373,111377,111378,111380,111381,111383,111384,111385,111387,111390	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	111390	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	111362	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	111367	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	16	111367,111369,111371,111372,111374,111375,111376,111377,111378,111381,111383,111384,111385,111386,111387,111388	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	111367	5317
Thalénite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₃Si₃O₁₀F	1	111390	26
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	111367	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	111366,111367	2562
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	111390	939
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	1	111390	51

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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