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Locality Name:
Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 585

mindat Locality ID: 249012
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249012.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Langø
Maarmorilik
Nuussuaq Peninsula
Olrik Fjord Area
Saviksoah Peninsula
Uigorlersuaq Island
Upernaviarssuk
Upernavik Island
Uummannaq

Latitude: 73°27'7"N
Longitude: 58°7'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 73.451944444444,-58.125833333333

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Djerfisherite	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gyrolite
Iron	Löllingite	Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Pectolite	Perovskite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite
Wurtzite

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 Al As Au C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Djerfisherite Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Gyrolite
Iron Löllingite Mica Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Pectolite Perovskite Polybasite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Tridymite
Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Bornite ()*
Buchwaldite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carlsbergite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Djerfisherite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marićite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Reyerite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	48315,48318,48323	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	615	585	2	48312,48325	1022
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	48317	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	48318	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	615	585	3	48312,48313,48325	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			3	48312,48313,48315	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	1600	1	48306	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	48312,48313	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	48317	166
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2500	1600	1	48306	5516
Buchwaldite ()*	Aphthitalite	NaCa(PO₄)			1	48317	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	1600	6	48303,48306,48307,48310,48311,48312	27770
Carlsbergite ()*	Rocksalt	CrN			1	48317	26
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	1600	2	48306,48307	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	48317	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	48317	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	48303,48319	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	48317	802
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	48317	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	615	585	3	48312,48321,48325	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl			1	48317	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2500	1600	1	48306	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2500	1600	1	48306	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			4	48318,48320,48321,48323	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	48320	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1600	1	48306	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	1600	1	48306	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2500	1600	5	48303,48304,48306,48312,48318	2812
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O			1	48311	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	1600	2	48306,48313	14640
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	48303	65
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	48312	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			3	48309,48310,48312	1089
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	48313	179
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2500	1600	1	48306	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	1600	3	48306,48313,48320	14899
Marićite ()*	None	NaFe²⁺(PO₄)			1	48317	8
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	48312	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	48303,48320	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	48323	945
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	48312	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	615	585	1	48325	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	48311	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	48303	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	48312	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2500	1600	1	48306	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2500	1600	1	48306	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	1600	5	48303,48304,48306,48307,48312	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	48307	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	1600	6	48303,48306,48311,48312,48320,48323	61156
Reyerite ()*	Gyrolite	Na₂Ca₁₄Al₂Si₂₂O₅₈(OH)₈·6H₂O			1	48311	8
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	1600	1	48306	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	48317	374
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O			1	48317	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1600	2	48306,48317	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2500	1600	1	48306	668
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	48317	703
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2500	1600	1	48306	1803
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	1600	1	48306	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	48317	1044

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000502	carbonatite complex

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
sedznpb-00214	2500	1900	2500–1900			257071	Maarmorilik, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark	Black Angel	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00124	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic		host rock age	8712	Black Angel Mine, Maarmorilik, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark	Black Angel	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
Jen_0000502	615	585	600±15	K-Ar		131817	Uummannaq, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark	Quigussaq (Umanak)	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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