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Balberget, Bjurholm, Västerbotten, Sweden

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 63° 56' 22'' North , 19° 5' 58'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): 63.9394728342, 19.0995397564
Other regions containing this locality:Scandinavia


A less developed LCT granite pegmatite. Feldspar quarries.

Mineral List


2 valid minerals.

Major Regional Geological Units

This information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

Paleoproterozoic
1600 - 2500 Ma
Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks
Paleoproterozoic
1600 - 2500 Ma
Igneous: extrusive; Extrusive: intermediate

Felsic and intermediate volcanic rocks

Northern Europe, Svecofennian and Lapland-Kola orogens

Orogen, fold-thrust belt, folded region; Koistinen et al., 2001; Sigmond, 2002; Solli, unpublished compilation, 2007-08; Bergman et al., unpublished revisions, 2007-08

Orosirian
1800 - 2050 Ma

Gabbro, dioritoid, dolerite, ultrabasic rock and metamorphic equivalents

Svecokarelian orogen; Bothnia-Skellefteå lithotectonic unit


References for regional geology:

Data provided by Macrostrat.org

J.C. Harrison, M.R. St-Onge, O.V. Petrov, S.I. Strelnikov, B.G. Lopatin, F.H. Wilson, S. Tella, D. Paul, T. Lynds, S.P. Shokalsky, C.K. Hults, S. Bergman, H.F. Jepsen, and A. Solli. Geological map of the Arctic. doi:10.4095/287868. Geological Survey of Canada Map 2159A.

Geological Survey of Canada. Generalized geological map of the world and linked databases. doi:10.4095/195142. Open File 2915d.

Bergman, S., M.B. Sephens, J. Andersson, B. Kathol, T. Bergman. Sveriges berggrund, skala 1:1 miljon. Sveriges geologiska undersökning K 423.



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References

Romer, R.L & Smeds, S-A. (1997): U-Pb columbite chronology of post-kinematic Palaeoproterozoic pegmatites in Sweden. Precambrian Research. 82, 85–99

 
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