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Locality Name:
Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

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

mindat Locality ID: 310798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maniitsoq
Sapphirine Occurrence

Latitude: 65°25'33"N
Longitude: 52°54'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.425833333333,-52.915555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlstoniteAragoniteBaryteBurbankiteCalciteClayCopperFeldsparMicaNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzSapphirineSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Alstonite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Qaqarssukite-(Ce)  (*)Quartz  (*)Sapphirine  (*)
Silver  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61831621484891022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1831621484898803
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)218316214848924
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21831621484893092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18316214848911547
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)518316214848952
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)183162248489,4849027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2183162248489,484909895
Gold  (*)CopperAu18316214848930554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418316214848914899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2167.6163.8248489,484902273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218316214849039462
Qaqarssukite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBaCe(CO3)2F183162248489,484903
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218316214848961156
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]148491129
Silver  (*)CopperAg1831621484895186
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41484911934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)183162248489,48490589



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000783MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Jen_0000784MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Jen_0000785MAGMATIC STYLE: Ring dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic rocks of phlogopite, sodic amphibole and olivine; fenite.
Michelle_752Carbonatite complex. Qaqarssukite-(Ce) occurs in the core of the Qaqarssuk complex in a later stage REE carbonatite vein.


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
ree-00354183162169 ± 7 Ma to 176 ± 7 Ma (K-Ar)K-Ar       30258Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, DenmarkQaqarssukOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Jen_0000783172172172K-Ar       256771REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, DenmarkQaqarssukWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000784176162169±7K-Ar       256771REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, DenmarkQaqarssukWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000785183169176±7K-Ar       256771REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, DenmarkQaqarssukWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Michelle_752167.6163.8165.7±1.9Rb-SrAge of carbonatite complexphlogopite483855  Phlogopite  256771REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, DenmarkREE carbonatite vein (Qaqarssuk)Secher et al. (2009)10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.035L112_400Age of carbonatite complex


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