Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Black Angel Mine, Maarmorilik, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 8712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Angel Mine, Maarmorilik, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 71°7'29"N
Longitude: 51°16'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 71.124722222222,-51.28

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Löllingite	Mica
None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Enargite Löllingite Mica
None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	1600	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2500	1600	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	1600	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	1600	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	1600	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2500	1600	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	1600	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2500	1600	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	1600	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2500	1600	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	1600	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2500	1600	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2500	1600	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	1600	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	1600	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	1600	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1600	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2500	1600	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2500	1600	1803
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	1600	2562

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00214	2500	1900	2500–1900							Yes				257071	Maarmorilik, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark	Black Angel	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	sedexmvt-00124	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic		host rock age									8712	Black Angel Mine, Maarmorilik, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark	Black Angel	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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