Greenland
Past Producer

Maarmorilik Black Angel

Greenland, Denmark
LeadZincCadmiumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondaryCadmium, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chert, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1973
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10133053
Alternate namesBlack Angel
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates71.1086, -51.2224
References
VESTGRON MINES LTD., 1980 ANNUAL REPORT, P.3.BLACK ANGEL MINE, RESUME OF A FILM BY GREENEX A/S AND OTHERSIN LEAD-ZINC UPDATE-1977, SOC. OF MIN. ENG. OF AIME,CHAPTER 6, PP. 111-115.BRIDGEWATER, D. ET. AL., DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRECAMBRIANSHIELD IN WEST GREENLAND, LABRADOR AND BAFFIN ISLAND INARTIC GEOL. EDITOR PITCHER, MAX G. PUBL., AAPG, 1973,PP. 99-116.COMINCO LTD., ANN. RPTS. 1972-79.E/MJ, SEPT. 1973, PP. 81-82.GREENEX A/S ANN. RPT., 1979-80.MASTERS, KEITH, EXPLORATION AND MINING UNDER PERMAFROSTCONDITIONS AT THE BLACK ANGEL MINE, MARMORILIK, GREENLAND,ERZMETALL, VOL. 28, NO. 3, 1975, PP. 93-98.NIELSEN, B.L., A SURVEY OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF GREENLANDGRONLANDS GEOLOGISKE, UNDENSOGELSE RAPPORT, NR. 56, 1973,PP. 18-19 AND MAP.NOAKES, P.J., DEVELOPMENT OF A STABLE SOCIAL UNIT AT THEBLACK ANGEL MINE, PRESENTED AT 79TH ANN. MEETING OF CIM,APR. 1977.PETERSEN, F.D., REMOBILIZATION OF THE MASSIVE SULFIDE OREOF THE BLACK ANGEL MINE, CENTRAL WEST GREENLAND, ECON.GEOL., VOL. 75, 1980, PP. 1022-1041.MINING IN BELOW FREEZING CONDITIONS AT THE BLACK ANGEL INGREENLAND, SOUTH AFRICAN MINING AND ENGINEERING JOUR.,SEPT. 1979, PP. 65-68.VESTGRON MINES LTD., ANN. RPTS., 1975-80.WORLD MINING, SYNOPSIS OF REPORT BY NEILSEN, B.L., MAR. 1974PP. 52-54.MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, MARCH 1, 1996, V 326, # 8367,"GREENLAND; COUNTRY SUPPLEMENT', 23 PP.