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:
Iluilârssuk, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 157

mindat Locality ID: 30295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iluilârssuk, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°51'0"N
Longitude: 49°20'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.85,-49.333333333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Mica None Pyroxene Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	167	157	286
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	167	157	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	167	157	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	167	157	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	167	157	9895
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	167	157	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	167	157	2273

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000779	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes up to 1 m thick. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Dolerite.

1 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
	Jen_0000779	167	157	162±5	K-Ar			biotite							30295	Iluilârssuk, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark	Iluilarssuk	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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