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Locality Name:
Åtvidaberg Minefield, Åtvidaberg, Östergötland County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 8512
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8512.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Åtvidaberg Minefield, Åtvidaberg, Östergötland County, Sweden": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ängfallsgruvan
Åtvidaberg Licence Area
Garpgruvan
Haggruvan
Malmviksgruvan
Mormorsgruvan
Myggruvorna
Varpgruvan

Latitude: 58°12'39"N
Longitude: 15°56'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.210833333333,15.945277777778

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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperFluorite
GarnetKaoliniteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteWurtziteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
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)203419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411122065516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2112205,11220627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23112202,112205,11220627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20327
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22112205,1122069617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O40445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu111220230554
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1112206144
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42112205,11220614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22112205,11220639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811122029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111220261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Silver  (*)CopperAg11122025186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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