Qeqertarssuatsiaq Area

Past Producer in Greenland, Denmark with commodities Chromium, Vanadium, Platinum, Corundum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038193
MRDS ID M045494
Record type Site
Current site name Qeqertarssuatsiaq Area
Alternate or previous names Important Areas: Qeqertarssuatsiaq, Majorqap Qava, Midgaard, Tasiussa, Qagsse.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -49.99808, 63.00002 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH OF GOTHAB, NEAR FISKENAESSET ON SW COAST OF GREENLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenland(province)

Denmark(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Denmark Greenland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Corundum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bravoite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Rutile Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHROMITE ANALYSIS GIVEN BY GHISLER AND WINDLEY, 1967.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -49.99808, 63.00002

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description 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.

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED ULTRAMAFIC-FOLDED BODY
    Length 125000M
    Width 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mafic And Ultramafic Stratigraphy-Folds With Thickening In Fold Cores

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer Windley

Mining district

District name Fiskenaesset

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.