Nepheline Syenite and Iron Ore Deposits in Greenland

The chief geologist of the Cryolite Company (Copenhagen) describes known deposits, sketches the history of their exploration and remarks on economic possibilities, mineralogy, and situation of eudialyte deposits in the Julianehaab, Kangerdluarsuk Fjord region of West Greenland, and of the iron ore d...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Bogvad, Richard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1950
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Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67005
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Summary:The chief geologist of the Cryolite Company (Copenhagen) describes known deposits, sketches the history of their exploration and remarks on economic possibilities, mineralogy, and situation of eudialyte deposits in the Julianehaab, Kangerdluarsuk Fjord region of West Greenland, and of the iron ore deposits in the Gronnedal region (Ivigtut Peninsula) southwest Greenland. Bibliography (20 items). Notice of cessation of prospecting iron ore at Gronnedal appeared in Arctic, May 1951, v.4,p.70.