Mine detail: Sarqa Pluton

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Location: Greenland, Denmark, North America
Lat / long: 60.36375, -44.10635
dep_id: 10038192
mrds_id: M045493
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Nickel, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Iridium, Rhodium, Chromium, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bravoite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Cubanite, Pentlandite
gangue: Antigorite, Calcite, Chlorite, Phlogopite, Talc
orebody_fm: DIKE-PIPE LIKE, IRREGULAR, NARROWING TOWARD TOP
ore_ctrl: Rhythmic Layering (Gently Dipping), Cycling Of Layers
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Hornblendite
arock_type: Hornblendite
disc_yr: 1960
discr: M. Loretan
References:
  • Deposit:: BERRANGE, J.P., 1970, MEDD. OM GRONLAND, BD 192, NO. 1, P. 43
  • Deposit:: NIELSEN, B.L., 1973, GRONLANDS GEOL. UNDERS., REPT. NO. 56, P. 45
  • Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP G.S. GREENLAN
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