Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1679
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1658

mindat Locality ID: 23862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Grythyttan
Hällefors Silver Mines
Hjulsjö
Killingberget
Nya Mine
Sikfors Mine
Sundsudden
Uvberget
Västra Gråshöjden Mine

Latitude: 59°47'11"N
Longitude: 14°36'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.786388888889,14.606944444444

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.

Acanthite	Allactite	Allanite	Allargentum	Allophane	Alluaudite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic
Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Beryl	Bournonite	Braunite	Brookite	Brucite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Geocronite	Humite	Kaolinite	Katoptrite	Kobellite
Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite
Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite
Wagnerite	Welinite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allactite Allanite Allargentum Allophane Alluaudite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic
Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Beryl Bournonite Braunite Brookite Brucite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Geocronite Humite Kaolinite Katoptrite Kobellite
Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite
Phenakite Pyrite Pyrosmalite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine
Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite
Wagnerite Welinite Wollastonite Wurtzite

140 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allactite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Allargentum ()*	Amesite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arseniopleite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Banalsite ()*	Barysilite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Berzeliite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Brookite ()*	Brucite ()*
Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Costibite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Epidote ()*	Feitknechtite ()*	Ferri-winchite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Franklinite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Friedelite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Ganophyllite ()*
Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hedyphane ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Herzenbergite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Inesite ()*	Ingersonite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Katoptrite ()*	Kobellite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Långbanite ()*	Lead ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganberzeliite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Melanostibite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Örebroite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paracostibite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sarkinite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sonolite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sternbergite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tilasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*
Ullmannite ()*	Welinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	112052,112054	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	112069,112071,112081,112082	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	112056	8803
Allactite ()*	Allactite	Mn²⁺₇(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈			1	112056	11
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	112053	706
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1679	1658	5	112052,112057,112060,112063,112066	69
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1679	1658	1	112057	74
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	112055	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1679	1658	1	112057	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	112056	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1679	1658	1	112062	718
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1679	1658	5	112052,112057,112059,112063,112066	363
Arseniopleite ()*	Alluaudite	NaCaMnMn₂(AsO₄)₃			1	112056	7
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1679	1658	9	112057,112058,112059,112060,112063,112064,112065,112066,112074	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1679	1658	4	112052,112054,112057,112060	5509
Banalsite ()*	None	Na₂BaAl₄Si₄O₁₆			1	112056	22
Barysilite ()*	None	Pb₈Mn(Si₂O₇)₃			1	112056	9
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	112056	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	112056	173
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1679	1658	1	112057	343
Berzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mg₂(AsO₄)₃			1	112056	6
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	112074,112083	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	112074	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	112054	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1679	1658	6	112052,112057,112058,112060,112066,112073	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1679	1658	6	112052,112057,112058,112060,112066,112073	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	112056	483
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb			1	112052	175
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	112055	700
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	112068	462
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂			1	112056	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	112054,112056,112068,112071,112074	27770
Caryinite ()*	Alluaudite	NaCaCaMn₂(AsO₄)₃			1	112056	4
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1679	1658	5	112057,112058,112060,112066,112073	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	112054	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1679	1658	13	112052,112057,112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112064,112065,112066,112069,112074,112076	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1679	1658	2	112057,112068	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			2	112074,112076	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	112054	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	112068	1008
Costibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS			1	112052	19
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1679	1658	3	112054,112057,112074	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1670	1670	3	112052,112057,112063	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1679	1658	2	112053,112062	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	112054	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	112054	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1679	1658	3	112056,112062,112071	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	112054	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	112054,112056,112068	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1679	1658	2	112057,112060	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	112079,112080,112081	8173
Feitknechtite ()*	None	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	112056	19
Ferri-winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	112056	16
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	112056	9617
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄			1	112054	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1679	1658	6	112057,112058,112060,112063,112066,112073	663
Friedelite ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀			1	112056	40
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	112054	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1679	1658	11	112052,112054,112057,112058,112059,112060,112063,112064,112065,112066,112076	24243
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)			1	112056	45
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃			1	112052	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1679	1658	7	112057,112058,112060,112063,112064,112065,112074	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1679	1658	1	112060	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	112069	61
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	112053	223
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1679	1658	7	112052,112057,112058,112060,112063,112066,112073	170
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	112056	350
Hedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	112056	48
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1679	1658	4	112054,112056,112057,112060	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	112054	1689
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS			1	112052	35
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	112053	144
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	112068	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	112054	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1679	1658	9	112057,112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112066,112074,112076	5433
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O			1	112056	50
Ingersonite ()*	None	Ca₃Mn²⁺Sb⁵⁺₄O₁₄			1	112056	2
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	112056	172
Katoptrite ()*	Katoptrite	Mn²⁺₁₃Al₄Sb⁵⁺₂O₂₀(SiO₄)₂			1	112056	7
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅			1	112052	87
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			2	112054,112056	234
Långbanite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄Mn³⁺₉Sb⁵⁺O₁₆(SiO₄)₂			1	112056	7
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			2	112054,112056	192
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	112052	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	112068	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1679	1658	18	112053,112054,112056,112057,112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112068,112069,112071,112072,112074,112076,112079,112080,112082	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1679	1658	5	112052,112054,112056,112057,112060	12537
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃			1	112056	24
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	112076	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1679	1658	8	112057,112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112066,112076	5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄			1	112054	51
Melanostibite ()*	Corundum	Mn₂Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₆			1	112056	2
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1679	1658	3	112057,112060,112066	158
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1679	1679	2	112057,112066	300
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	112071	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1679	1658	6	112057,112070,112071,112072,112074,112083	5800
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			1	112056	186
Örebroite ()*	Welinite	Mn²⁺₆(Sb⁵⁺Fe³⁺)(SiO₄)₂O₆			1	112056	1
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	112056	2349
Paracostibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS			1	112052	6
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	112056	260
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1679	1658	7	112052,112057,112058,112063,112064,112066,112073	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1679	1658	15	112052,112057,112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112065,112066,112068,112069,112074,112076,112079,112081	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂			1	112056	56
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	112053	244
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	1679	1658	1	112057	38
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃			1	112056	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1679	1658	13	112052,112053,112057,112058,112059,112060,112061,112063,112064,112065,112066,112074,112076	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1679	1658	7	112052,112054,112055,112057,112070,112074,112083	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1679	1658	2	112056,112057	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	112056	969
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	112056	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1679	1658	7	112054,112057,112060,112061,112066,112068,112076	5614
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	112056	30
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	112056	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	112056	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	112054	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	112074	531
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂			1	112056	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1679	1658	2	112056,112058	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1679	1658	13	112052,112054,112056,112057,112058,112059,112060,112063,112064,112065,112066,112074,112076	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	112054	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1679	1679	3	112052,112057,112066	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1679	1658	3	112057,112058,112073	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃			1	112052	62
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1679	1658	4	112052,112057,112060,112076	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			2	112053,112071	456
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	112054	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			7	112052,112054,112056,112068,112069,112079,112082	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	112056	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1679	1658	4	112052,112056,112057,112059	5317
Tilasite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(AsO₄)F			1	112056	34
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	112068	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	112052,112054	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1679	1658	1	112057	1044
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	112052	293
Welinite ()*	Welinite	Mn²⁺₆(W⁶⁺ )(SiO₄)₂O₄(OH)₂			1	112056	6
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	112054	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	112054	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1679	1658	1	112057	1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
PR51_265-00017	1658	1658	1658	Pb-Pb	galena	Galena	10587	Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	Eastern ore field	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00016	1670	1670	1670	Pb-Pb	galena	Galena	11998	Mellan Ore Field (Middle Field), Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	Central ore field	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265
PR51_265-00015	1679	1679	1679	Pb-Pb	galena	Galena	11997	Västra Ore Field (Western Field), Hällefors Silver Mines, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	Western ore field	Sundblad (1991)	10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-I	PR51_265

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060378	Brunnsjögruvan, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R060378
R070696	Brunnsjögruvan, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R070696

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