Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 183
Youngest recorded age at locality: 162

mindat Locality ID: 256771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Mica	None	Pyrite

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Mica None Pyrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Qaqarssukite-(Ce) ()*
Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	183	162	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	183	162	9895
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	167.6	163.8	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	183	162	39462
Qaqarssukite-(Ce) ()*	None	BaCe(CO₃)₂F	183	162	3
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	183	162	589

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
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.
Michelle_752	Carbonatite complex. Qaqarssukite-(Ce) occurs in the core of the Qaqarssuk complex in a later stage REE carbonatite vein.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	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_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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