Isukasia

Prospect in Greenland, Denmark with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279369
MAS/MILS ID 1010000003
Record type Site
Current site name Isukasia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -49.24789, 65.25006 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenland(province)

Denmark(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Denmark Greenland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -49.24789, 65.25006

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name Nuuk

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Marcona Corp.
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Kryolitselskabet Oresund A/S (Cryolite Co.).
    Home office Denmark
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING. MARCONA JOINS CRYOLITE COMPANY IN GODTHAB

  • Deposit

    IRON VENTURE. APRIL 1972.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING CATALOG, SURVEY AND DIRECTORY NUMBER. GREEN-

  • Deposit

    LAND. JUNE 1970, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    LAND. JUNE 1979, P. 215.

  • Deposit

    LAND. JUNE 1974.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, MARCH 1, 1996, V326, #8367, 23 PP,

  • Deposit

    'GREENLAND; COUNTRY SUPPLEMENT'.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED BY CRYOLITE COMPANY IN 1965.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-NOV-1996 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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