Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nya Bastnäs Deposit, Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1910
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 295731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nya Bastnäs Deposit, Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°50'44"N
Longitude: 15°35'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.845555555556,15.586388888889

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.

Allanite	Bastnäsite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Epidote	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gadolinite
Gatelite	Mica	None	Percleveite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Tetradymite

Annite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Delhuyarite-(Ce) ()*
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Ferriperbøeite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite-(Nd) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Percleveite-(Ce) ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Nd O S Si Te U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Nd O S Si Te U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Bastnäsite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Epidote Fluorite Fornacite Gadolinite
Gatelite Mica None Percleveite Quartz Scheelite Spinel Tetradymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1910	1850	356
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1910	1850	304
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	1910	1850	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1910	1850	27198
Delhuyarite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄Mg(Fe³⁺₂W) (Si₂O₇)₂O₆(OH)₂	1910	1850	1
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Fe³⁺AlFe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1910	1850	28
Ferriperbøeite-(Ce) ()*	Gatelite	(CaCe₃)(Fe³⁺Al₂Fe²⁺)(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)₃O(OH)₂	1910	1850	2
Gadolinite-(Nd) ()*	Gadolinite	Nd₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1850	1850	3
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1910	1850	14899
Percleveite-(Ce) ()*	Percleveite	Ce₂Si₂O₇	1910	1850	2
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1910	1850	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1910	1850	4894
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1910	1850	510
Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*	Fornacite	Ce₂Al(SiO₄)₂(OH)	1910	1850	23
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1910	1850	2718
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1910	1850	297

2 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
	Be-00018	1850	1850	1850			high				Yes		Gadolinite-(Ce)	Be	3184	Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden		Allen et al. (1996)	10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.979	EG91_979
	Co-00005	1910	1880	1910-1880							Yes		Carrollite, Cobaltite, Cobaltkieserite, Erythrite, Linnaeite, Smolyaninovite	Co	3184	Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden		Holtstam & Andersson (2007)	10.2113/gscanmin.45.5.1073	CM45_1073

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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