Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Orust, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1043
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1039

mindat Locality ID: 24722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orust, Västra Götaland County, Sweden": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Brattås
Skantorp
Timmerhult

Latitude: 58°12'45"N
Longitude: 11°39'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.2125,11.6575

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Sphalerite	Topaz

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: Al Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Nb O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Fluorite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Sphalerite Topaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	113286	2353
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	113288	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	113286,113288	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	113288	27198
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	113288	289
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1043	1039	1	113287	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	113286	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1043	1039	2	113286,113287	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	113288	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1043	1039	1	113287	1476

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_113	1043	1039	1041±2	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							14661	Skantorp, Orust, Västra Götaland County, Sweden	Skantorp	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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