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Locality Name:
Sala, Västmanland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 2507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sala, Västmanland County, Sweden": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bronäs Mine
Glas Mine
Gudmundstorp
Per's Copper Mine
Sala No. 10 Licence Area
Sala Silver Mine
Tistbrottet Quarry
Västerfärnebo

Latitude: 59°55'10"N
Longitude: 16°32'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.919444444444,16.536944444444
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmphiboleArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GeocroniteGypsumHumiteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PalygorskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScapoliteScheeliteSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineUllmanniteWollastonite
Wurtzite

82 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allargentum  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Annite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Costibite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eugenite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Humite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Luanheite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marialite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Mercury  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Paraschachnerite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schachnerite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Twinnite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1890180011131772793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21890180011131773419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS189018001113177312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)189018002113177,1131808803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)18901800111317769
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31890180011131771534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1890180011131771588
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2189018001113177356
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4189018001113177708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb189018002113174,113177363
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3189018001113177231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS189018002113174,1131779052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18901800111317711547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11189018002113174,113177843
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb189018001113177175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)189018003113174,113177,11317827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2189018002113175,11317727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411131803902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4189018001113177951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1800180011131772600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81890180011131771756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS189018001113177966
Costibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS18901800111317719
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3189018001113177802
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8189018001113177126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6189018002113173,1131774135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2189018002113177,1131789895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)189018001113177648
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)189018001113177180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1890180011131778173
Eugenite  (*)NoneAg11Hg218001800111317717
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21113180271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21890180011131779617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12189018001113177663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3189018001113177105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS189018003113172,113174,11317724243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23189018001113177133
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31890180011131771544
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS189018002113174,113177170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1890180011131776890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318901800111317714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te189018001113177804
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F218901800111317780
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31890180011131775433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14189018001113177784
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg18001800111317717
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418901800111317714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2189018002113175,11317712537
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl1113180139
Massicot  (*)NonePbO189018001113177202
Mercury  (*)NoneHg180018001113177397
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2189018001113177300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1890180011131774924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21890187011131775800
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg318001800111317724
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218901800111317717380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs189018001113177633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1890180011131772349
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O189018001113177306
Paraschachnerite  (*)NoneAg3Hg218001800111317711
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21890180011131772273
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3189018001113177733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31890180011131771425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2189018003113174,113177,11317839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81890180011131779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2189018003113177,113178,11318061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2189018002113177,1131805614
Schachnerite  (*)NoneAg1.1Hg0.918001800111317714
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1890180011131774894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)189018002113177,1131802705
Silver  (*)CopperAg1890180011131775186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS189018004113172,113173,113174,11317721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31890180011131773418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1890180011131772045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21890180011131773337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131890180011131775317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1890180011131774899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2189018003113175,113177,1131782562
Twinnite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS418901800111317716
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS189018001113177293
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31890180011131771247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1890180011131771025


2 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
Hg-0002918001800       Eugenite, Luanheite, Mercury, Moschellandsbergite, Paraschachnerite, SchachneriteHg3170Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Västmanland County, Sweden Kieft et al. (1987); Zakrzewski and Burke (1987); Allen et al. (1996); (Erik Jonsson; University of Uppsala; personal communications)   
Mo-0005018901870 U-Pb     MolybdeniteMo3170Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Västmanland County, Sweden Allen et al. (1996)10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.979EG91_979 

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