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A world class deposit in the Skaergaard intrusion

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Abstract

The classic Skaergaard intrusion hosts a large tonnage PGE-Au-Ti-V-Fe deposit. The inferred tonnage is 1,500 million tonnes. The precious metals are hosted in a series of stratiform sulphide-bearing levels in ilmenite and magnetite rich, layered gabbro. The mineralisation formed at magmatic temperatures in the upper part of the intrusion in strongly fractionated basaltic magma. The mineralisation was little affected by later remobilisation and the dominant precious metals are skaergaardite (PdCu) and tetraauricupride (AuCu).
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
PublisherGEUS
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2006

Publication series

SeriesExploration and mining in Greenland Fact Sheet
Number13
ISSN1602-8171

Keywords

  • Greenland

Programme Area

  • Programme Area 4: Mineral Resources

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