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:
Isua Belt, Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2800

mindat Locality ID: 19034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isua Belt, Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°7'19"N
Longitude: 50°12'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.121944444444,-50.201944444444

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chesterite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Jimthompsonite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Shandite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3000	2800	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3000	2800	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3000	2800	27198
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆	3000	2800	9
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3000	2800	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	3000	2800	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3000	2800	327
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3000	2800	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3000	2800	24243
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	3000	2800	205
Jimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂	3000	2800	10
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	3000	2800	249
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	3000	2800	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3000	2800	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3000	2800	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3000	2800	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3000	2800	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3000	2800	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3000	2800	4894
Shandite ()*	None	Ni₃Pb₂S₂	3000	2800	14
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3000	2800	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3000	2800	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3000	2800	2562

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_129	2956	2940	2948±8	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			19034	Isua Belt, Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark	—	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	DeepDive-Co-0030	3000	2800	3000-2800											19034	Isua Belt, Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark		Richards and Appel (1987)	10.1016/0168-9622(87)90040-6	CG66_181

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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