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Locality Name:
Sorsele, Västerbotten County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 33813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sorsele, Västerbotten County, Sweden": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Blaiken Mine (Ersmarksberget-Svärtträsk)
Gabbi-Mesket Area
Tjålmträsk Prospect
Tvåtjärnmyran

Latitude: 65°21'19"N
Longitude: 17°11'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.355277777778,17.185833333333
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteTitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11130028803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3113000,113003,1130049052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111300027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211130045171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22113000,11300427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11130028173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1113004551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22113000,1130049617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111300024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2113000,11300330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11130002812
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411130021507
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211130005674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11130024924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211130045800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111300217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22113003,11300439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811130049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22113000,11300261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11130044894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11130006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2113000,11300421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11130024899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11130025251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11130021025


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