Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 33688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Adakgruvan
Brännmyran Mine
Gråberget
Granlund Mine
Hornträsk Mine
Kimheden Mine
Kristineberg Mine
Lainijaur Mine (Lainejaur)
Lindsköld Mine (Adak-Lindsköld)
Näsliden
Nyliden
Rakkejaur Mine
Rävliden Mine
Rävlidmyran Mine
Rudtjebäcken Mine
Storliden Mine

Latitude: 65°11'50"N
Longitude: 18°39'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.197222222222,18.661388888889

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.

Allargentum	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Valleriite	Vesuvianite
Vivianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite	Zircon

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Berthierite Beryl Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Löllingite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Valleriite Vesuvianite
Vivianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Xanthoconite Zircon

89 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenic ()*
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Humite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kribergite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stellerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	1950	1890	2	112943,112952	3419
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1950	1950	1	112952	69
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1950	1950	1	112952	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2500	541	1	112951	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1950	1890	1	112943	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1950	1950	1	112943	1588
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1890	1890	1	112944	445
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1950	1	112952	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1950	1890	1	112943	708
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	2500	541	3	112937,112945,112952	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1950	1950	1	112952	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	8	112937,112944,112945,112946,112948,112950,112951,112952	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1890	1890	1	112944	2060
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1950	1950	1	112948	343
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1890	1890	3	112937,112940,112944	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1950	1900	2	112948,112950	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1950	1950	2	112948,112952	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1950	1890	3	112944,112947,112952	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1950	1890	2	112940,112943	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	11	112937,112939,112940,112943,112944,112945,112946,112948,112949,112951,112952	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1890	1890	1	112944	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1950	1890	1	112943	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1890	1890	1	112944	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1890	1890	1	112944	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1950	1890	1	112943	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2500	541	3	112937,112945,112952	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1950	1950	1	112952	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1890	1890	1	112937	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1950	1950	1	112952	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1890	1890	1	112944	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2500	541	3	112937,112945,112952	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1950	1890	4	112937,112943,112944,112952	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2500	541	4	112943,112945,112946,112952	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2500	541	1	112945	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	7	112943,112944,112945,112949,112950,112951,112952	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1950	1890	3	112943,112948,112952	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1950	1890	2	112947,112952	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1950	1950	1	112952	1544
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1950	1950	2	112948,112952	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1950	1950	1	112943	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1890	1890	1	112940	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2500	541	1	112951	804
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1900	1890	1	112949	144
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1950	1950	1	112952	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2500	541	2	112944,112945	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1950	1950	1	112948	784
Kribergite ()*	None	Al₅(PO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1950	1950	1	112943	1
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1950	1890	1	112943	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2500	541	1	112945	1271
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2500	541	4	112937,112944,112945,112952	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1950	1890	4	112939,112943,112944,112952	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1890	1890	1	112944	161
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1950	1950	1	112948	158
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1950	1890	2	112944,112952	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	6	112937,112939,112940,112943,112944,112945	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1950	1890	3	112943,112944,112952	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1890	1890	1	112944	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1890	1890	1	112944	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1890	1890	1	112944	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1890	1890	1	112944	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2500	541	1	112951	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1950	1890	2	112944,112952	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2500	541	2	112937,112945	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1950	1950	2	112948,112952	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	10	112937,112939,112940,112943,112944,112948,112949,112950,112951,112952	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	7	112937,112944,112945,112948,112949,112951,112952	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1950	1890	2	112944,112952	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1890	1890	2	112937,112944	233
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1950	1890	2	112943,112944	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	2500	541	2	112944,112945	317
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2500	541	8	112937,112939,112943,112944,112945,112948,112949,112952	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1950	1950	1	112948	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2500	541	2	112945,112952	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2500	541	3	112937,112944,112945	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	11	112940,112941,112943,112944,112945,112947,112948,112949,112950,112951,112952	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1950	1890	2	112944,112952	1934
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	2500	541	1	112945	189
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1890	1890	1	112944	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1950	1890	2	112943,112944	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1950	1950	1	112943	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2500	541	4	112945,112946,112948,112951	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1890	1890	1	112944	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1950	1890	2	112949,112952	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1890	1890	1	112944	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1950	1950	1	112952	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1950	1950	1	112952	1247
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	1950	1950	1	112952	89
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1950	1890	2	112943,112944	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1950	1950	1	112952	1025

13 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
vms-00926	2500	541	Proterozoic		31152	Hornträsk Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Horntrask	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00929	1950	1950	Proterozoic	S	45822	Kimheden Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Kimheden	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
MD25_50-00004	1890	1890	1890		13955	Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Kristineberg	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50
vms-00931	1950	1950	Proterozoic	S	13955	Kristineberg Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Kristineberg	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00916	2500	541	Proterozoic		29703	Lindsköld Mine (Adak-Lindsköld), Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Adak-Lindskold	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
MD25_50-00002	1890	1890	1890		10917	Näsliden, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Näsliden	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50
vms-00937	2500	541	Proterozoic		10917	Näsliden, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Nasliden	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00943	1950	1950	Proterozoic	S	10915	Rakkejaur Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rakkejaur	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
MD25_50-00003	1890	1890	1890		10914	Rävliden Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rävliden	Vaasjoki and Vivallo (1990)	10.1007/BF03326383	MD25_50
vms-00944	1900	1900	Proterozoic	S	10914	Rävliden Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rävliden	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00945	1900	1900	Proterozoic	S	12010	Rävlidmyran Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rävlidmyran	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00948	2500	541	Proterozoic		18578	Rudtjebäcken Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Rudtjebacken	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00950	1950	1950	Proterozoic or Ordovician	S	17055	Storliden Mine, Malå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Storliden	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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