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:
Kangerlussuaq Fjord (Søndre Strømfjord), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 31415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kangerlussuaq Fjord (Søndre Strømfjord), Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kangerlussuaq
Nellusivik
Peridotite Xenoliths

Latitude: 67°0'35"N
Longitude: 50°41'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.009722222222,-50.690277777778

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryolite ()*
Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
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 Ba Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Garnet Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	48485	11547
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	48484	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	48484	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	48484	4165
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	1	48484	50
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	48484	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48485	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	48484	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	48485	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48483	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	48485	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48484	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	48483	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	48484,48485	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48484	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	48484	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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