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Locality Name:
Storuman, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 723
Youngest recorded age at locality: 709

mindat Locality ID: 33666
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33666.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Storuman, Västerbotten County, Sweden": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Gieravardo
Grundfors
Jerisjokk
Klippen
Pauträsk
Stensele Field
Storträsket
Storuman Fluorspar Prospect
Svärtträsk Prospect (Hemberget Occurrence)
Tärna
Tärnaby

Latitude: 65°25'44"N
Longitude: 16°6'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.428888888889,16.113055555556

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 Au B C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
TitaniteTopazTourmalineVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11130122793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211130133419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2113006,1130098803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311130132353
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11130131036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS7237093113008,113013,1130159052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411130195516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3113009,113013,11301727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211130125171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27237094113008,113013,113014,11301527198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21113006376
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611130134135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3113006,113009,1130138173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1113013371
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7237094113013,113014,113015,11301724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1113013131
Gold  (*)CopperAu2113008,11301330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC4113006,113013,113014,1130172812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21113013223
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41113013407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311130135433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42113009,1130101507
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21113013762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111301314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS272370911130155800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22113006,11300917380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1113013633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1113013767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811130131512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24113006,113008,113013,11301439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87237096113006,113008,113013,113014,113015,1130179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27237096113006,113009,113012,113013,113015,11301761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)7237093113013,113015,1130174894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11130132705
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2111301292
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511130091516
Silver  (*)CopperAg11130125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7237092113014,11301521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311130205317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11130134899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211130121476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011130131395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311130131247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11130065251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11130091025



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
PR51_265-00018709709709Pb-Pb galenaDh 81015, 22.75 m  Galena  187045Storträsket, Storuman, Västerbotten County, SwedenStorträskSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 
PR51_265-00019723723723Pb-Pb galenaDh 81013, 81.30 m  Galena  187045Storträsket, Storuman, Västerbotten County, SwedenStorträskSundblad (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90104-IPR51_265 


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