Greenland · Vestgronland County
Prospect

Fiskenaesset Area

Vestgronland County, Greenland, Denmark
VanadiumChromiumTitanium
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Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Chromium, Titanium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE, DISRUPTED
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureMETAMORPHOSED, DISRUPTED, LAYERED COMPLEX
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID60000525
MRDS IDISM0049
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates63.10002, -50.66481
References
GHISLER, M., 1976, THE GEOLOGY, MINEROLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PRE-OROGENIC ARCHEAN STRATIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS AT FISKENAESSET, WEST GREENLAND: BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, MONOGRAPH SERIES ON MINERAL DEPOSITS 14, 156 P. (C17, C18, PA8, RR33, RR40)GHISLER, M., AND WINDLEY, B. F., 1967, THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE FISKENAESSET REGION, WEST GREENLAND: COPENHAGEN ?DENMARK?, GREENLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT 12, 39 P.WINDLEY, B. F., 1973, THE FISKENAESSET COMPLEX, WEST GREENLAND, PART I--A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE STRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY, AND WHOLE ROCK CHEMISTRY FROM QEQERTARSSUATSIAQ: COPENHAGEN ?DENMARK?, GREENLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 106, 80 P.THAYER, T. P., 1973, CHROMIUM, IN BROBST, D. A., AND PRATT, W. P., EDS., UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 820, P. 111-121. (RR33, RR40, REP4)THAYER, T. P., AND PAGE, N. J, 1976, A PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF CHROMIUM AND PLATINUM RESOURCES IN THE FISKENAESSET ANORTHOSITE COMPLEX, SOUTHWESTERN GREENLAND: RESTON, VIRGINIA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INTERNAL REPORT, 25 P.DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.