Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sarfartoq Rare Earth Elements Project, Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1217
Youngest recorded age at locality: 581

mindat Locality ID: 30257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarfartoq Rare Earth Elements Project, Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	None

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: C Ca O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1217	581	0		27770

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000503	carbonatite complex
Jen_0000504	carbonatite complex

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000503	617	581	599±18	K-Ar				Yes		123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000504	621	585	603±18	K-Ar				Yes		123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Michelle_785	1217	1201	1209±8	Rb–Sr	Best age of emplacement of ultramafic lamprophyre	phlogopite	464620	Yes	Phlogopite	123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq Carbonatite	Secher et al. (2009)	10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.035	L112_400

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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