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Locality Name:
Kangerluluk Prospect, Kangerluluk, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1747
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1737

mindat Locality ID: 209861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kangerluluk Prospect, Kangerluluk, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°5'49"N
Longitude: 43°11'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.096944444444,-43.191666666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41747173705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17471737027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1747173705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217471737027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1747173708173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17471737024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17471737030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317471737014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417471737014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217471737017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217471737039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81747173709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217471737061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17471737021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1747173704899


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_012174717371742±5U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  209862Kangerluluk, Kujalleq, Greenland, DenmarkKangerlukMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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