Mine detail: Qeqertarssuatsiaq Area

Previously called 'Important Areas: QeqertarssuatsiaqMajorqap QavaMidgaardTasiussaQagsse.'

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Location

Lat / long:

63.00002, -49.99808

Resource(B)

Primary:	Chromium
Secondary:	Vanadium, Platinum
Tertiary:	Corundum
Ore:	Bravoite, Chalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Malachite, Pentlandite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite
Orebody form:	LAYERED ULTRAMAFIC-FOLDED BODY
Discovery year:	1964

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

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.

References

MRDS	M045494
DEP	10038193
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.