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Locality Name:
Älvsbyn, Norrbotten County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 24586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Älvsbyn, Norrbotten County, Sweden": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Brännberget
Laver Mine
Lill-Laverberget

Latitude: 65°42'46"N
Longitude: 20°28'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.712777777778,20.476111111111
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 Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteLöllingite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11118342793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2111833,1118349052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411118345516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22111833,11183427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11118343531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11118343846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11118348173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111183424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111183414640
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21111833762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111183414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211118345800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111183417380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311118341425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111183439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811118349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111183461156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21111834317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11118344894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11118345186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111183421482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311118341803


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