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Locality Name:
Storø, Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2887
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2839

mindat Locality ID: 30250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Storø, Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, 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
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: Ag Al As Au Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo Ni O S Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGarnetLöllingiteMeloniteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzSkutteruditeSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Melonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32887283902353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2887283909052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228872839027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62887283904135
Gold  (*)CopperAu28872839030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te288728390804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32887283905433
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2288728390762
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2288728390207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22887283905800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82887283901512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82887283909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO228872839061156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3288728390531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS28872839021482


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
DeepDive-Co-0031288728392863Pb       30250Storø, Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark Juul-Pedersen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.01.002OGR32_20 

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