Commodities
PrimaryChromium
SecondaryVanadium, Platinum
TertiaryCorundum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLAYERED ULTRAMAFIC-FOLDED BODY
Ore controlMafic And Ultramafic Stratigraphy-Folds With Thickening In Fold Cores
Materials
Ore mineralsBravoite, Chalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Malachite, Pentlandite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite
Geology
StructureNw 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.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1964
Identification
Deposit ID10038193
MRDS IDM045494
Alternate namesImportant Areas: Qeqertarssuatsiaq, Majorqap Qava, Midgaard, Tasiussa, Qagsse.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.00002, -49.99808
References
PROGRESS REPT. ON GEOL. FISKENAESSET, 1973, GRON. GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 51, P. 77GHISLER, M., 1970, MINER. DEPOSITA, V. 5, P. 223-236GHISLER AND WINDLEY, 1967, RAPP. GRON. GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 12WINDLEY, 1971, RAPP. GRON. GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 35, P. 19-21, AND MANY OTHER REFS. BY WINDLEY, GHISLER AND OTHERS1960 DIREXPL PLATINOMINO FISKENAESSET CONCESSION1960 GEOLMAP GGU1-3 = GHISLER AND WINDLEY, 1967; 4 = THAYER, PROF. PAPER 820