Gold exploration on the 'Nanortalik peninsula', South Greenland

Peter W.U. Appel; Mogens Lind; Jens Peter Nielsen

doi:10.22008/gpub/35167

Gold exploration on the 'Nanortalik peninsula', South Greenland

Peter W.U. Appel, Mogens Lind, Jens Peter Nielsen

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Stream sediments collected on the 'N anortalik peninsula' show gold anomalies. Heavy mineral concentrates collected in some of the major streams frequently yielded visible gold. A bulk sampling programme, however, showed that the possibilities of placer gold deposits are remote. Follow-up stream sediment sampling combined with sampling of soil on the top of talus fans outlined areas with gold mineralisation. Recently visible gold has been found in quartz veins. The largest gold-bearing quartz vein is 800 m long. It locally contain up to 235.3 ppm gold over a width of 1 mand an average grade of 51.45 ppm over 46 cm.

There seems to be a positive correlation between scheelite and gold, a feature which might facilitate further exploration for gold in the area.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsessted	Copenhagen
Forlag	GGU
Antal sider	66
DOI	https://doi.org/10.22008/gpub/35167
Status	Udgivet - feb. 1993

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Navn	Open File Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse
Nummer	3
Vol/bind	93
ISSN	0903-7322

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Greenland
South Greenland

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