Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Northern Face, Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Tula Mts, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2464
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2448

mindat Locality ID: 66033
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66033.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Face, Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Tula Mts, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°47'"S
Longitude: 50°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -66.783333333333,50.7

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: Al K Mg O Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K Mg O Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylMilariteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSapphirineZircon

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Cordierite  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Quartz  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182464244801008
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O3024642448042
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224642448061156
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]246424480129
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52464244801516
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2464244805251



1 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
Bradley_2012_096246424482456±8U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  26154Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica[Ayatollah Island]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-212Northern Face, Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Tula Mts, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarcticahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-212


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