Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 348
Youngest recorded age at locality: 329

mindat Locality ID: 240008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland, Denmark": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arnold Escher Land
Citronen Fjord Deposit
Danmarkshavn
Dove Bugt
J.V.Jensen Land
Mt Steensby
Navarana Fjord Area

Latitude: 78°39'6"N
Longitude: 28°34'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 78.651666666667,-28.570833333333

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	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Humite	Malachite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Römerite	Sapphirine	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Norbergite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhönite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Römerite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Corundum Covellite Fluorite
Gypsum Humite Malachite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Römerite Sapphirine Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Tridymite

34 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	48417	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	48418	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	48428	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	48418,48421,48427,48428	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	48428	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	48418,48428	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	48428	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	48428	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	48421	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	48418,48426,48428	9895
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	48428	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	348	329	1	48419	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	48418,48428	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	48428	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	48424	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	48426	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	48417	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	48417	179
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S ()*	None	Mg₂BeAl₆O₁₂			1	48421	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	48417,48421,48425	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	48428	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	48428	915
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	48417	884
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂			1	48421	37
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	48417	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	48418,48426,48428	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	48418,48421,48424,48425	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]			1	48417	47
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	48423	375
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O			1	48428	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	48428	293
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	48427	241
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	48426	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	48418,48426,48428	21482

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_062	348	338	343±5	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			240009	Danmarkshavn, Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland, Denmark	[Danmarkshavn]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Bradley_2012_063	335	329	332±3	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			240009	Danmarkshavn, Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland, Denmark	[Danmarkshavn]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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