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Locality Name:
Kaveltorp Mines, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 9695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaveltorp Mines, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aurora Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovellite
CubaniteGarnetHumiteHydrotalciteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteValleriiteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gedrite  (*)Gold  (*)Humite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F20285
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11121394165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)0180
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20178
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2080
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4111213987
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11121396417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411121391934
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1112139237


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