Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 183
Youngest recorded age at locality: 162

mindat Locality ID: 30258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
REE Carbonatite Vein

Latitude: 65°23'0"N
Longitude: 51°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.383333333333,-51.666666666667

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.

Alstonite	Aragonite	Baryte	Burbankite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alstonite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Qaqarssukite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Strontianite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Ce Fe Mg Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alstonite Aragonite Baryte Burbankite Calcite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	183	162	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	183	162	0		8803
Alstonite ()*	Alstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	183	162	0		24
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	183	162	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	183	162	0		11547
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	183	162	0		52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	183	162	1	48490	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	183	162	1	48490	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	183	162	0		30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	183	162	0		14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	167.6	163.8	1	48490	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	183	162	1	48490	39462
Qaqarssukite-(Ce) ()*	None	BaCe(CO₃)₂F	183	162	1	48490	3
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	183	162	0		61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	183	162	0		5186
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	183	162	1	48490	589

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000783	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Jen_0000784	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Jen_0000785	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Michelle_752	Carbonatite complex. Qaqarssukite-(Ce) occurs in the core of the Qaqarssuk complex in a later stage REE carbonatite vein.

5 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	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
ree-00354	183	162	169 ± 7 Ma to 176 ± 7 Ma (K-Ar)	K-Ar					30258	Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000783	172	172	172	K-Ar					256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000784	176	162	169±7	K-Ar					256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000785	183	169	176±7	K-Ar					256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Michelle_752	167.6	163.8	165.7±1.9	Rb-Sr	Age of carbonatite complex	phlogopite	483855	Phlogopite	256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	REE carbonatite vein (Qaqarssuk)	Secher et al. (2009)	10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.035	L112_400	Age of carbonatite complex

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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