Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Flammefjeld Prospect, Amdrup Firth, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 39.5

mindat Locality ID: 204146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flammefjeld Prospect, Amdrup Firth, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°14'57"N
Longitude: 32°17'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.249166666667,-32.293055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	39.7	39.5	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	39.7	39.5	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	39.7	39.5	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	39.7	39.5	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	39.7	39.5	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	39.7	39.5	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	39.7	39.5	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	39.7	39.5	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	39.7	39.5	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	39.7	39.5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39.7	39.5	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	39.7	39.5	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	39.7	39.5	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	39.7	39.5	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	39.7	39.5	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	39.7	39.5	5317

1 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
	Mo-00411	39.7	39.5	39.6±0.1	Re-Os			molybdenite	8215128			Molybdenite		Mo	204146	Flammefjeld Prospect, Amdrup Firth, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark		Brooks et al. (2004)	10.2113/gsecongeo.99.6.1215	EG99_1215

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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