Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 3184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ceritgruvan
Nya Bastnäs Deposit
St Görans Mine

Latitude: 59°50'45"N
Longitude: 15°35'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.845833333333,15.587222222222

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite
Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chevkinite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Epidote	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gadolinite	Gatelite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Klebelsbergite
Lanthanite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Percleveite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Scheelite	Smolyaninovite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite	Vivianite
Wurtzite

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Nd O S Si Te Ti U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Bismutite Brochantite Calcite
Cerite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chevkinite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Epidote Fluocerite Fluorite Fornacite Gadolinite Gatelite Gypsum Kieserite Klebelsbergite
Lanthanite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Percleveite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rhodonite Scheelite Smolyaninovite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Titanite Vivianite
Wurtzite

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Annite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltkieserite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delhuyarite-(Ce) ()*	Emplectite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Ferriperbøeite-(Ce) ()*	Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*
Fluocerite-(La) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite-(Nd) ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Håleniusite-(La) ()*	Hematite ()*	Hodrušite ()*	Kupčíkite ()*
Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Percleveite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Smolyaninovite ()*
Talc ()*	Tavagnascoite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1910	1850	1	113188	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1910	1850	0		1310
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1910	1850	1	113187	356
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1910	1850	0		718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1910	1850	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1910	1850	0		11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1910	1850	1	113187	304
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bastnäsite	La(CO₃)F	1910	1850	0		30
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1910	1850	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1910	1850	1	113188	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1910	1850	0		716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1910	1850	1	113188	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1910	1850	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1910	1850	0		27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1910	1880	0		154
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1910	1850	0		94
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	1910	1850	2	113187,113188	47
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1910	1850	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1910	1850	1	113187	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1910	1850	0		1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1910	1880	0		966
Cobaltkieserite ()*	Titanite Kieserite	Co(SO₄)·H₂O	1910	1880	0		2
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1910	1850	0		3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1910	1850	0		1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1910	1850	0		4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1910	1850	0		802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1910	1850	0		2970
Delhuyarite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄Mg(Fe³⁺₂W) (Si₂O₇)₂O₆(OH)₂	1910	1850	1	113187	1
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1910	1850	0		246
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1910	1880	0		814
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Fe³⁺AlFe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1910	1850	2	113187,113188	28
Ferriperbøeite-(Ce) ()*	Gatelite	(CaCe₃)(Fe³⁺Al₂Fe²⁺)(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)₃O(OH)₂	1910	1850	1	113187	2
Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Fe³⁺Si₂O₅(OH)	1910	1850	0		9
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1910	1850	0		271
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1910	1850	0		45
Fluocerite-(La) ()*	Fluocerite	LaF₃	1910	1850	0		2
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1910	1850	0		9617
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1850	1850	0		31
Gadolinite-(Nd) ()*	Gadolinite	Nd₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1850	1850	1	113187	3
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1910	1850	1	113188	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1910	1850	0		6890
Håleniusite-(La) ()*	Fluorite	LaOF	1910	1850	0		1
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1910	1850	0		14640
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	1910	1850	0		28
Kupčíkite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6Bi₅S₁₀	1910	1850	0		11
Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Lanthanite	Ce₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	1910	1850	0		16
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1910	1880	1	113188	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1910	1850	1	113187	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1910	1850	1	113188	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1910	1850	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1910	1850	0		17380
Percleveite-(Ce) ()*	Percleveite	Ce₂Si₂O₇	1910	1850	1	113187	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1910	1850	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1910	1850	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1910	1850	1	113187	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1910	1850	0		969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1910	1850	1	113187	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1910	1850	0		1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1910	1850	0		5186
Smolyaninovite ()*	Smolyaninovite	Co₃Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₄·11H₂O	1910	1880	0		13
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1910	1850	1	113188	3337
Tavagnascoite ()*	Klebelsbergite	Bi₄O₄(SO₄)(OH)₂	1910	1850	0		2
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1910	1850	1	113187	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1910	1850	0		4899
Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*	Fornacite	Ce₂Al(SiO₄)₂(OH)	1910	1850	2	113187,113188	23
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1910	1850	1	113188	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1910	1850	1	113187	2718
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1910	1850	1	113187	297
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1910	1850	1	113188	95

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						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									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
FKM-89	Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-89
R060708	Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R060708
R060813	Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R060813
R060808	Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R060808
R110171	Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R110171

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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