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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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Copenhagen
Publisher	GGU
Number of pages	66
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22008/gpub/35167
Publication status	Published - Feb 1993

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Series	Open File Series Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse
Number	3
Volume	93
ISSN	0903-7322

Keywords

Greenland
South Greenland

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Programme Area 1: Data

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Gold exploration on the 'Nanortalik peninsula', South Greenland

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