Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 918
Youngest recorded age at locality: 912

mindat Locality ID: 24724
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24724.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Blomskog Pegmatite
Sillerud

Latitude: 59°16'35"N
Longitude: 12°10'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.276388888889,12.166944444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Volynskite ()*
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 Au Bi Ca Cd Ce Cu Fe H K Nb Ni O Pb S Si Ta Te Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Melonite Meneghinite Mica None
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Tetradymite Wurtzite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	112746	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	112747	489
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	112747	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	112747	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	112746	344
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	918	912	1	112744	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	918	912	1	112744	196
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	112746	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	112746	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	112747	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	918	912	1	112744	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	112747	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	918	912	1	112744	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			1	112747	207
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	918	912	1	112744	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	918	912	1	112744	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	918	912	3	112744,112746,112747	61156
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	112747	337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	112747	276
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	112746	64
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	918	912	1	112744	5251

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_102	918	912	915±3	Re/Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite			13590	Blomskog Pegmatite, Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden	Blomskog	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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