Mine detail: Ilimaussa1q

Previously called 'KangerdluarssoukKringlerne'

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Location: Greenland, Denmark, North America
Lat / long: 60.89989, -45.84805
dep_id: 10024878
mrds_id: ISM0630
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Zircon
Reporter: Richardson, Dan G.
hrock_unit: Ketilidian Basement; Complex/Julianehab; Granite; Ericksfjord Formation
hrock_type: Gneiss,Sandstone
Structure: High Level Alkali Basaltic Cupola
tectonic: Cratonic, Rift
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, J. C., BOHSE, H., AND DEMING, A., 1981, EXTENSION OF ZR-REE-NB RESOURCES AT KANGERDLUARSSOUK, ILIMAUSSAQ INTRUSION: GRONLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSOGELSE RAPPORT. 103. P. 63-67.
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, J.C., LARSEN, L.M., AND SORENSEN, H., 1981, INTRODUCTION TO THE ILIMAUSSAQ INTRUSION WITH A SUMMARY OF THE REPORTED INVESTIGATIONS: GRONLANDS GEOLOGISKE UNDERSOGELSE RAPPORT. 103. P. 5-17.
  • Deposit:: BLAXLAND, A.B., VAN BREEMEN, O., AND STEENFELT, A., 1976, AGE AND ORIGIN OF AGPAITIC MAGNATISM AT ILIMAUSSAQ, SOUTH GREENLAND: RB-SR STUDY: LITHOS, (9) 1, P. 31-38.
  • Deposit:: LARSEN, L. M., AND SORENSEN, H., 1987, THE ILIMAUSSAQ INTRUSION - PROGESSIVE CRYSTALLIZATION AND FORMATION OF LAYERING IN AN AGPAITIC MAGMA, IN FITTON, J.G. AND UPTON, B.G.J., EDS., ALKALINE IGNEOUS ROCKS, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM), SPECIAL PUBLICATION. 30, P. 473-488.
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