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Locality Name:
Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2881
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1865

mindat Locality ID: 23961
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23961.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Åmme Mines
Åmmeberg
Dampetorp Mines
Falla
Hammar
Ingelsby
Kofalls Mine
Läggesta Mines
Stimmerkulla
Vagerstadalen
Västerby
Zinkgruvan

Latitude: 58°53'56"N
Longitude: 14°59'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.898888888889,14.986666666667

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Kobellite	Löllingite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zippeite	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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Beryl Brucite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Kobellite Löllingite Lillianite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite Tourmaline Valleriite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

93 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antimony ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Benavidesite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Breithauptite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Costibite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*
Jaskólskiite ()*	Kieftite ()*	Kobellite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lillianite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Safflorite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zippeite ()*	Zircon ()*	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	1924	1865	1	112041	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1924	1865	2	112032,112041	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	112040	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1924	1865	2	112033,112041	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	112035	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	112033	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1924	1865	1	112041	708
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	112032	363
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1924	1865	1	112041	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1900	1870	3	112032,112041,112044	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1924	1865	2	112033,112041	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	112035	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1924	1865	1	112041	11547
Benavidesite ()*	None	Pb₄MnSb₆S₁₄			1	112032	8
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	112030	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			3	112030,112037,112038	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1924	1865	4	112030,112032,112038,112041	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	112032,112038	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1924	1865	2	112035,112041	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1924	1865	1	112041	175
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1924	1865	1	112041	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1924	1865	3	112032,112035,112041	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1924	1865	1	112041	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1924	1865	5	112026,112029,112032,112035,112041	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1924	1865	1	112041	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1924	1865	5	112026,112029,112032,112033,112041	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1924	1865	1	112041	82
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	112035	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1924	1865	2	112033,112041	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1924	1865	1	112041	1797
Costibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS	1924	1865	1	112041	19
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1924	1865	2	112032,112041	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1924	1865	3	112033,112035,112041	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1924	1865	1	112041	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	112032	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1924	1865	2	112035,112041	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1924	1865	1	112041	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1924	1865	1	112041	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1924	1865	1	112041	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	112032	663
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1924	1865	1	112041	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1924	1865	4	112026,112032,112033,112041	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇			1	112032	18
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	2881	1865	4	112026,112028,112033,112041	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2881	1865	2	112028,112041	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1924	1865	1	112041	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	2881	1865	5	112026,112028,112032,112033,112041	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1924	1865	1	112041	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2881	1865	4	112026,112028,112033,112041	5433
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇			1	112032	25
Jaskólskiite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu_xPb_2+x(Sb,Bi)_2-xS₅ (x ≈ 0.15)			1	112032	15
Kieftite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoSb₃	1924	1865	1	112041	3
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅			1	112032	87
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1924	1865	1	112041	1271
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	112032	128
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1924	1865	2	112032,112041	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1924	1865	6	112026,112032,112033,112035,112038,112041	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2881	1865	4	112026,112028,112029,112032	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1924	1865	1	112041	139
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1924	1865	1	112041	161
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄			1	112032	158
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1924	1865	2	112040,112041	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1924	1865	1	112041	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2881	1865	3	112028,112040,112041	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1924	1865	1	112041	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	112032	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	112032	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1924	1865	1	112041	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1924	1865	1	112041	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1924	1865	1	112041	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1924	1865	3	112026,112033,112041	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1924	1865	3	112029,112032,112041	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1924	1865	5	112026,112029,112032,112038,112041	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1924	1865	5	112035,112036,112037,112040,112041	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2881	1865	3	112026,112028,112041	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1924	1865	1	112041	317
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1924	1865	1	112041	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1924	1865	3	112036,112040,112041	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1924	1865	3	112026,112033,112041	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1900	1870	4	112041,112043,112044,112045	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			3	112026,112032,112033	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1924	1865	6	112026,112029,112032,112033,112038,112041	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1924	1865	3	112026,112033,112041	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	112035	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1924	1865	1	112041	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1924	1865	4	112026,112033,112035,112041	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1924	1865	1	112041	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1924	1865	1	112041	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1924	1865	1	112041	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1924	1865	1	112041	1247
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄			1	112038	175
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2881	1865	2	112028,112041	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1924	1865	2	112032,112041	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000293	Component of the Åmmeberg Zn-Pb district in Sweden, more precisely the lowermost unit in the Emme Group
Giersdorf_00000294	Component of the Åmmeberg Zn-Pb district in Sweden, more precisely the lowermost unit in the Emme Group
Giersdorf_00000295	Component of the Åmmeberg Zn-Pb district in Sweden, more precisely the lowermost unit in the Emme Group
Giersdorf_00000296	Component of the Åmmeberg Zn-Pb district in Sweden, unit overlaying the lowermost part of the Emme group which is a homogeneous, medium-grained arkose
Giersdorf_00000297	Component of the Åmmeberg Zn-Pb district in Sweden, unit overlaying the lowermost part of the Emme group which is a homogeneous, medium-grained arkose
Giersdorf_00000298	Component of the Åmmeberg Zn-Pb district in Sweden, this unit overlies the Närkesberg arkose
Giersdorf_00000299	Component of the Åmmeberg Zn-Pb district in Sweden, this unit is the lateral correlative of the Mariedamm Volcanic Unit

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000293	1919	1883	1901±18	U-Pb					24110	Åmmeberg, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Mösjön unit	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	EG91_1009
Giersdorf_00000294	1919	1883	1901±18	U-Pb					24110	Åmmeberg, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Gökberget unit	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	EG91_1009
Giersdorf_00000295	1919	1883	1901±18	U-Pb					24110	Åmmeberg, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Igelfors Formation	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	EG91_1009
Giersdorf_00000296	2011	1907	1959±52	Pb-Pb	Two ages of zircons found in the arkose layer of the Närkesberg Formation are derived from Paleoproterozoic and Archean sources			Zircon	24110	Åmmeberg, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Närkesberg Formation	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	EG91_1009
Giersdorf_00000297	2881	2525	2703±178	Pb-Pb	Two ages of zircons found in the arkose layer of the Närkesberg Formation are derived from Paleoproterozoic and Archean sources			Zircon	24110	Åmmeberg, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Närkesberg Formation	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	EG91_1009
Giersdorf_00000298	1924	1865	1924-1865	U-Pb					24110	Åmmeberg, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Mariedamm Volcanic Unit	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	EG91_1009	Age is associated with the deposition of the Zinkgruvan Zn-Pb-Ag ores and its related Höksjön limestone sequence.
Giersdorf_00000299	1924	1865	1924-1865	U-Pb					24110	Åmmeberg, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Godegård Volcanic Unit	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	EG91_1009	Age is associated with the deposition of the Zinkgruvan Zn-Pb-Ag ores and its related Höksjön limestone sequence.
CG227_258-00001	1924	1865	1889+35/-24	U-Pb		zircon	Zircon		10005	Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Zinkgruvan	Kumpulainen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1009	CG227_258
sedznpb-00424	1900	1870	1900–1870						10005	Zinkgruvan Mine (Åmmeberg Mines), Zinkgruvan, Askersund, Örebro County, Sweden	Zinkgruvan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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