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:
Drill Core 49, Kvanefjeld Uranium Deposit, Kvanefjeld (Kuannersuit Plateau), Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1160

mindat Locality ID: 191074
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191074.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drill Core 49, Kvanefjeld Uranium Deposit, Kvanefjeld (Kuannersuit Plateau), Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, 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.

Amphibole	Eudialyte	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cl F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Eudialyte Feldspar None Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Lomonosovite ()*
Microcline ()*	Natrophosphate ()*	Naujakasite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Trona ()*
Villiaumite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1160	1160	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1160	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1160	1160	295
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1160	1160	182
Lomonosovite ()*	None	Na₆Na₂Ti₂Na₂Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂(PO₄)₂O₄	1160	1160	18
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1160	4924
Natrophosphate ()*	None	Na₇(PO₄)₂F·19H₂O	1160	1160	8
Naujakasite ()*	None	Na₆Fe²⁺Al₄Si₈O₂₆	1160	1160	7
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1160	1160	21482
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1160	1160	129
Villiaumite ()*	Rocksalt	NaF	1160	1160	31

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
	Be-00043	1160	1160	1160			high				Yes		Beryllite, Chkalovite, Lovdarite, Nabesite, Odintsovite, Semenovite-(Ce), Sorensenite, Sphaerobertrandite, Tugtupite, Eirikite	Be	30754	Kvanefjeld (Kuannersuit Plateau), Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark		Krumrei et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.10.004	CG227_258

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