Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Paamiut (Frederikshåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 112

mindat Locality ID: 283054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paamiut (Frederikshåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Frederikshåbs Isblink

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Perovskite	Spinel	Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Garnet Mica None Perovskite Spinel Titanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Titanite ()*

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	150	112	1	48577	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	150	112	1	48577	27770
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	150	112	1	48577	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	150	112	1	48577	14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	150	112	1	48577	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	150	112	1	48577	2273
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	150	112	1	48577	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	150	112	1	48577	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000775	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Olivine nephelinite, melilitite and phonolite.
Jen_0000776	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Olivine nephelinite, melilitite and phonolite.
Jen_0000777	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Olivine nephelinite, melilitite and phonolite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000775	150	150	150	K-Ar	biotite	30294	Frederikshåbs Isblink, Paamiut (Frederikshåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark	Frederikshabs Isblink	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000776	120	112	116±4	Rb-Sr		30294	Frederikshåbs Isblink, Paamiut (Frederikshåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark	Frederikshabs Isblink	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000777	143	133	138±5	Rb-Sr		30294	Frederikshåbs Isblink, Paamiut (Frederikshåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark	Frederikshabs Isblink	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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