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Locality Name:
Getön, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 24888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Getön, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Getö Norra Mine
Getön Silver Mine

Latitude: 59°45'39"N
Longitude: 14°17'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.760833333333,14.287222222222

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: As Bi Co Cu Fe Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCorundumCubaniteLöllingiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteUllmanniteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Costibite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nisbite  (*)Paracostibite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb189018501112863363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1890185011128629052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1890185011128621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31890185011128621935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2189018502112862,11286327198
Costibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS18901850111286319
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3189018502112862,112863802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS189018502112862,11286324243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3189018502112862,11286314640
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)189018501112862451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4189018502112862,11286314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2189018502112862,1128635800
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb218901850111286320
Paracostibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS1890185011128636
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS189018501112863767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2189018502112862,11286339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8189018502112862,1128639056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS189018502112862,11286321482
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS189018501112863293



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
Kristen00240118901850  Fe, Mn, S ore formation   Yes Fe, Mn, S220866Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, SwedenBergslagenSundblad et al. (1993)10.1016/0301-9268(93)90085-GPR64_319 


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