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Locality Name:
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1825

mindat Locality ID: 3182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°47'7"N
Longitude: 14°18'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.785277777778,14.313888888889
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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllactiteAllaniteAllophaneAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBaryteBeryllonite
BruciteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteDomeykiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHematolite
HumiteHydrotalciteIlvaiteLöllingiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMargarosaniteMicaMolybdeniteMolybdophyllite
NadoriteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectolitePerovskitePhenakitePrehnitePumpellyitePyrite
PyrochlorePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRoseliteRutileScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteVesuvianiteVivianite
WagneriteWollastoniteZircon

142 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adelite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Alamosite  (*)Albite  (*)
Algodonite  (*)Allactite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Barylite  (*)Barysilite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brandtite  (*)Bromellite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cymrite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Ecdemite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)
Flinkite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Friedelite  (*)
Gageite  (*)Galena  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gonyerite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harstigite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Heliophyllite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hematolite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Inesite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Jagoite  (*)Joesmithite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Johnbaumite  (*)
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Kentrolite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)Koutekite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Lead  (*)Leucophoenicite  (*)Litharge  (*)Lizardite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Macedonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Magnetoplumbite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganohörnesite  (*)
Manganosite  (*)Margarosanite  (*)Melanotekite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdophyllite  (*)Monimolite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nadorite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Potassic-richterite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sahlinite  (*)
Sarkinite  (*)Schallerite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sonolite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tilasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Domeykite-β  (*)Trimerite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21825182503419
Adelite  (*)AdeliteCaMg(AsO4)(OH)18251825013
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6182518250286
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO318251825017
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1825182508803
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)18251825041
Allactite  (*)AllactiteMn2+7(AsO4)2(OH)818251825011
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)182518250706
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)218251825077
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31825182502353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31825182501534
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2182518250718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4182518250708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1825182503250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21825182505509
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O718251825033
Barysilite  (*)NonePb8Mn(Si2O7)31825182509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18251825011547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8182518250173
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7182518250450
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O182518250178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41825182505516
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O18251825018
Bromellite  (*)NoneBeO1825182509
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2182518250462
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2182518250101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18251825027770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)418251825083
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)182518250100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1825182504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1825182505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218251825027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1825182503531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81825182501756
Copper  (*)CopperCu1825182503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1825182504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1825182502970
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O18251825046
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1825182501027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61825182504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21825182509895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As18251825073
Ecdemite  (*)NonePb6As3+2O7Cl418251825012
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1825182508173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2182518250129
Flinkite  (*)AllactiteMn2+2Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)41825182506
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1825182502740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O182518250303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21825182509617
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1018251825040
Gageite  (*)NoneMn2+21Si8O27(OH)2018251825014
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18251825024243
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)18251825045
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1825182507437
Gonyerite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Fe3+(Si3Fe3+O10)(OH)818251825011
Graphite  (*)NoneC1825182502812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31825182501544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1825182506890
Harstigite  (*)NoneCa6Be4Mn2+(SiO4)2(Si2O7)2(OH)21825182501
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4182518250350
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6182518250741
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl18251825048
Heliophyllite  (*)NonePb6As2O7Cl418251825011
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S182518250237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318251825014640
Hematolite  (*)Hematolite(Mn,Mg,Al)15(AsO4)2(AsO3)(OH)231825182505
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2182518250201
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31825182505433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)182518250197
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O18251825050
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4182518250172
Jagoite  (*)NonePb18Fe3+4[Si4(Si,Fe3+)6][Pb4Si16(Si,Fe)4]O82Cl61825182502
Joesmithite  (*)AmphibolePb2+Ca2(Mg3Fe3+2)(Si6Be2)O22(OH)21825182502
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O618251825073
Johnbaumite  (*)ApatiteCa5(AsO4)3(OH)1825182508
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O18251825015
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)18251825022
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)18251825033
Koutekite  (*)NoneCu5As218251825018
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2182518250234
Lead  (*)CopperPb182518250192
Leucophoenicite  (*)HumiteMn2+7(SiO4)3(OH)218251825010
Litharge  (*)NonePbO182518250139
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4182518250359
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2182518250762
Macedonite  (*)PerovskitePbTiO31825182505
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418251825014899
Magnetoplumbite  (*)MagnetoplumbitePbFe3+12O191825182507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218251825012537
Manganohörnesite  (*)VivianiteMn2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1825182509
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO18251825073
Margarosanite  (*)MargarosaniteCa2PbSi3O91825182506
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)18251825022
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1825182504924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21825182505800
Molybdophyllite  (*)MolybdophyllitePb8Mg9[Si10O28(OH)8O2(CO3)3]·H2O1825182503
Monimolite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71825182505
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1825182501508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218251825017380
Nadorite  (*)NadoritePbSb3+O2Cl18251825018
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)182518250186
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O718251825033
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)182518250363
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)818251825025
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)182518250326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21825182502273
Potassic-richterite  (*)AmphiboleK(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)218251825021
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21825182501898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218251825039462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O18251825089
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)218251825056
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21825182503106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3182518250244
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH,Cl)1018251825025
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218251825061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1825182501711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)182518250969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2182518250148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21825182505614
Sahlinite  (*)NonePb14O9(AsO4)2Cl41825182504
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)18251825030
Schallerite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+16As3+3Si12O36(OH)171825182508
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1825182504894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1825182505186
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)218251825050
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31825182501214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18251825021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21825182503337
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)182518250240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131825182505317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O182518250452
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F18251825034
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1825182504899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O182518250433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21825182502562
Domeykite-β  (*)FluoceriteCu3As1825182506
Trimerite  (*)BerylloniteCaBe3Mn2+2(SiO4)31825182503
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O182518250652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101825182501395
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2182518250109
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1825182505251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1825182501025


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
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 
Be-00017182518251825  high    HarstigiteBe3182Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden Jonsson (2004) MSUDGG_318 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070170Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Swedenhttps://rruff.info/R070170
R070261Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Swedenhttps://rruff.info/R070261
R070211Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Swedenhttps://rruff.info/R070211

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