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Locality Name:
Sandviken, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1700

mindat Locality ID: 24585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandviken, Gävleborg County, Sweden": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Årsunda
Björkklack Mines
Rotfall Mines
Västerberg Copper Mine
Vindfall

Latitude: 60°29'16"N
Longitude: 16°45'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.487777777778,16.758888888889
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmphiboleArsenicBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCovelliteCubaniteEpidoteFluoriteHumiteLöllingiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PolybasitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Antimony  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Costibite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1800170011114872793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21800170011114823419
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb180017001111487363
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1800170011114871966
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31800170011114871089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18001700111148527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2180017003111483,111484,11148627198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2180017002111482,111483285
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181800170011114861008
Costibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS18001700111148719
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1800170011114874165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3180017001111487802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2180017001111483327
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)180017001111487180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)180017002111484,1114858173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21800170011114839617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12180017001111487663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS180017002111483,11148624243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te180017001111487804
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)180017001111487451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4180017004111482,111483,111484,11148514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21800170011114875674
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S418001700111148751
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]180017001111487716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218001700111148439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8180017003111482,111483,1114869056
Silver  (*)CopperAg1800170011114875186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS180017002111483,11148621482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21800170011114863337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131800170011114875317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3180017001111487297


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00245218001700  ductile shear age      24585Sandviken, Gävleborg County, SwedenRattvik-Sandviken Shear ZoneTirén and Beckholmen (1990)10.1080/11035899009453195`GFSF112_197 

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