Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3009
Youngest recorded age at locality: 162

mindat Locality ID: 256585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq)
Kangaamiut
Kangerlussuaq Fjord (Søndre Strømfjord)
Kûlínguaq
Maniitsoq Island
Qaamasoq Diamond Prospect
Sisimiut
Ulamertoq Peridotite
White Mountain Anorthosite Project

Latitude: 66°6'29"N
Longitude: 51°35'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.108055555556,-51.585277777778

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.

Alstonite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Burbankite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Hexahydrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Paralstonite	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Zircon

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alstonite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Burbankite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Hexahydrite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Olivine Paralstonite Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alstonite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Burbankite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryolite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olekminskite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Qaqarssukite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Strontianite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	604	162	2	48477,48489	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	604	162	2	48477,48489	8803
Alstonite ()*	Alstonite	BaCa(CO₃)₂	183	162	1	48489	24
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	604	162	2	48477,48489	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	48495,48496	718
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	604	598	1	48477	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	604	162	3	48477,48485,48489	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	48494	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	48494	1935
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	183	162	1	48489	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3009	162	7	48476,48477,48478,48479,48489,48490,48495	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	48484	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	604	598	3	48477,48484,48494	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	48481,48496	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	48496	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	48484,48494	4165
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆			1	48484	50
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			2	48475,48492	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3009	598	4	48477,48479,48493,48496	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3009	162	4	48477,48479,48489,48490	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	48495,48496	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	604	598	1	48477	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	48496	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	604	598	2	48477,48484	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	604	598	1	48477	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	183	162	1	48489	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	604	598	1	48477	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	604	598	1	48477	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	604	598	1	48477	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	604	598	1	48477	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	604	598	4	48475,48476,48477,48493	5433
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	604	598	1	48477	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3009	162	5	48477,48479,48480,48485,48489	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	48494	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	604	598	2	48477,48484	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	48485	1066
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	604	598	1	48477	55
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	48483,48495	17380
Olekminskite ()*	Paralstonite	Sr₂(CO₃)₂			1	48475	8
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	48485	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			2	48475,48493	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3009	163.8	7	48475,48476,48479,48489,48490,48493,48496	2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆			1	48493	41
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	604	162	3	48477,48484,48490	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	48483,48492	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	604	598	3	48477,48484,48485	9056
Qaqarssukite-(Ce) ()*	None	BaCe(CO₃)₂F	183	162	2	48489,48490	3
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	604	162	4	48477,48480,48484,48489	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	604	598	2	48477,48493	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	604	598	1	48477	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]			2	48480,48491	129
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	604	598	1	48477	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	183	162	1	48489	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	604	598	2	48477,48484	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3009	2540	5	48475,48479,48480,48491,48493	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	183	162	2	48489,48490	589
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	48496	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3009	598	2	48477,48479	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000503	carbonatite complex
Jen_0000504	carbonatite complex
Jen_0000783	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Jen_0000784	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Jen_0000785	MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Jen_0000939	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central sheet intrusions and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lamprophyre and fenite.
Jen_0001104	MAGMATIC STYLE: 10 m thick sheet and associated veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Fenite, including pyroxene-amphibole-phlogopite rock.
Jen_0001105	MAGMATIC STYLE: 10 m thick sheet and associated veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Fenite, including pyroxene-amphibole-phlogopite rock.
Jen_0001106	MAGMATIC STYLE: 10 m thick sheet and associated veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Fenite, including pyroxene-amphibole-phlogopite rock.
Jen_0001107	MAGMATIC STYLE: 10 m thick sheet and associated veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Fenite, including pyroxene-amphibole-phlogopite rock.
Michelle_752	Carbonatite complex. Qaqarssukite-(Ce) occurs in the core of the Qaqarssuk complex in a later stage REE carbonatite vein.

14 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	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000503	617	581	599±18	K-Ar						123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000504	621	585	603±18	K-Ar						123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000939	601	601	601	K-Ar		high	dolomite		Dolomite	123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Michelle_785	1217	1201	1209±8	Rb–Sr	Best age of emplacement of ultramafic lamprophyre		phlogopite	464620	Phlogopite	123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq Carbonatite	Secher et al. (2009)	10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.035	L112_400
ree-00355	604	598	598-604 Ma (various)	various		high				123391	Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex, Sarfartoq Region, Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Sarfartoq	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0001104	2655	2655	2655	K-Ar						30293	Tupertalik Mt., Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Tupertalik	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001105	2700	2540	2620±80	K-Ar						30293	Tupertalik Mt., Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Tupertalik	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001106	2771	2611	2691±80	U-Pb			baddeleyite		Baddeleyite	30293	Tupertalik Mt., Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Tupertalik	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001107	3009	3005	3007±2	U-Pb			baddeleyite		Baddeleyite	30293	Tupertalik Mt., Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Tupertalik	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	This is the oldest carbonatite so far dated
ree-00354	183	162	169 ± 7 Ma to 176 ± 7 Ma (K-Ar)	K-Ar						30258	Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000783	172	172	172	K-Ar						256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000784	176	162	169±7	K-Ar						256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000785	183	169	176±7	K-Ar						256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Qaqarssuk	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Michelle_752	167.6	163.8	165.7±1.9	Rb-Sr	Age of carbonatite complex		phlogopite	483855	Phlogopite	256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	REE carbonatite vein (Qaqarssuk)	Secher et al. (2009)	10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.035	L112_400	Age of carbonatite complex

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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