Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 223418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amdrup Firth, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Amdrup Firth Au-Ag Deposit
Flammefjeld Prospect
Kentbrooksite Occurrence

Latitude: 68°14'36"N
Longitude: 32°19'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.243333333333,-32.322777777778

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	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Catapleiite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Eudialyte
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hiortdahlite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kentbrooksite ()*	Kupletskite ()*	Låvenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Normandite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb REE S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Baryte Calcite Catapleiite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Eudialyte
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tridymite Wöhlerite

30 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			1	48516	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	48516	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	48514	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	39.7	39.5	1	48515	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O			1	48516	113
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	39.7	39.5	1	48515	9895
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂			1	48516	182
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	48514	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	39.7	39.5	1	48515	14640
Hiortdahlite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄(Ca_0.5Zr_0.5)Zr(Si₂O₇)₂OF₃			1	48516	21
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	48514	5591
Kentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	(Na,REE)₁₅(Ca,REE)₆Mn₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂			1	48516	19
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F			1	48516	33
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄			1	48516	58
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	39.7	39.5	1	48515	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	48516	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	39.7	39.5	1	48515	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	48516	884
Normandite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₂(Mn,Fe)₂(Ti,Nb,Zr)₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂			1	48516	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	39.7	39.5	1	48515	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	39.7	39.5	2	48514,48515	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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