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Locality Name:
Niaqornaarsuk Peninsula, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 131815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niaqornaarsuk Peninsula, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Niaqornaarsuk Valley
Qoorormiut Valley

Latitude: 60°32'38"N
Longitude: 45°6'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.543888888889,-45.100555555556

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 As Au Bi Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperLillianiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vikingite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS248412,484139052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214841327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14841324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu248412,4841330554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21484125800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2248412,4841339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81484129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2248412,4841361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14841321482
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S3014841327



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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