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Locality Name:
Motala, Östergötland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1787.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1785.4

mindat Locality ID: 29069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Motala, Östergötland County, Sweden": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Godegård
Tjällmo

Latitude: 58°44'48"N
Longitude: 15°17'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.746666666667,15.298888888889

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: Al B Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H Li Mn Mo Na O P S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeBerylChalcopyriteFeldsparMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakite
PyriteQuartzScheeliteStibniteTourmalineTripliteVivianiteWagnerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Hagendorfite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Varulite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1787.41785.411122358803
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21787.41785.42112232,112235606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181787.41785.43112233,112234,1122354286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311122371935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21787.41785.42112235,11223727198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1112237345
Hagendorfite  (*)AlluauditeNa2MnFe2+Fe3+(PO4)31787.41785.4111223517
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1787.41785.411122351271
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21787.41785.42112235,1122375800
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1787.41785.41112235326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21787.41785.42112235,11223739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81787.41785.411122359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21787.41785.4111223461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11122374894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1787.41785.411122352705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511122371516
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1787.41785.41112235313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F1787.41785.42112233,112235233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)1787.41785.4111223529
Varulite  (*)AlluauditeNa2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)31787.41785.4111223515
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1787.41785.41112235636
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)1787.41785.4111223543



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
Alexandra-03151787.41785.41786.4 ±1.0U-PbAge of pegmatiteсolumbiteSUP-10, SUP-20    10004Skrumpetorp, Godegård, Motala, Östergötland County, SwedenSkrumpetorpRomer and Smeds (1997)10.1016/S0301-9268(96)00050-2PR82_85 


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