| Location: | Greenland, Denmark, North America |
| Lat / long: | 63.00002, -49.99808 |
| dep_id: | 10038193 |
| mrds_id: | M045494 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Chromium |
| Minor mineral: | Vanadium, Platinum |
| Trace mineral: | Corundum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Bravoite, Chalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Malachite, Pentlandite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite |
| orebody_fm: | LAYERED ULTRAMAFIC-FOLDED BODY |
| ore_ctrl: | Mafic And Ultramafic Stratigraphy-Folds With Thickening In Fold Cores |
| Reporter: | Page, Norman J. |
| Structure: | Nw And Se Sections Divided By Major Fault Zone (Iterdlak Fault) Striking Nne. Nw Section Has F1 Isoclinal Recumbent Folds Folded By F2 (Ne-Sw Trending Subvertial Axial Planes) Isoclinal Folds And By F3 (Nw-Se Trending Subvertical Axial Planes) Tight Folds. Se Section Has Tight To Isoclinal Major Folds With Axial Planes Trending E-W With Steep Dips-Fold Axis Plunging E. And Major Folds With Axial Planes Trending Ne-Sw, Axes Plunging Sw. |
| disc_yr: | 1964 |
| discr: | Windley |
| References: |
- Deposit:: PROGRESS REPT. ON GEOL. FISKENAESSET, 1973, GRON. GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 51, P. 77
- Deposit:: GHISLER, M., 1970, MINER. DEPOSITA, V. 5, P. 223-236
- Deposit:: GHISLER AND WINDLEY, 1967, RAPP. GRON. GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 12
- Deposit:: WINDLEY, 1971, RAPP. GRON. GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 35, P. 19-21, AND MANY OTHER REFS. BY WINDLEY, GHISLER AND OTHERS
- Deposit:: 1960 DIREXPL PLATINOMINO FISKENAESSET CONCESSION
- Deposit:: 1960 GEOLMAP GGU
- Reserve-Resource:: 1-3 = GHISLER AND WINDLEY, 1967; 4 = THAYER, PROF. PAPER 820
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