CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
598 Kalaallit Nunaat (East) 73.29.45 N -- 022.01.45 W Ladderbjerg (Giesecke Bjerge) Cu; Ag; Pb; Zn
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Ladderbjerg (Giesecke Bjerge)
Political location(s): Kalaallit Nunaat; Province or state: East; Nearest community: Ladderbjerg
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; as stain/coatings of clasts and as part of cement
Geologic province: Caledonian Fold Belt
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Pb; Zn
Geological ages: Late Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; conglomerate; Depositional setting: alluvial plain
External host rock forms:braided channels
Individual lithologies:conglomerate
Host rock stratigraphy:Huledal Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as stain/coatings of clasts & as part of cement; deposit covers area 1000 x 400 m/pronounced lateral metal zonation; rounded qrtz pebbles/cobbles-sand matrix & carbonate cement form cglm
References:
Harpoth, O.; Pedersen, J. L.; Schonwandt, H. K.; Thomassen, B., 1986
The Mineral Occurrences of Central East Greenland
Meddelelser om Gronland, Geoscience, Volume 17, p. 1 - 139

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

2,500,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.15 percent
Reference: Harpoth, O.; Pedersen, J. L.; Schonwandt, H. K.; Thomassen, B., 1986: The Mineral Occurrences of Central East Greenland; Meddelelser om Grønland. Geoscience, Volume 17, p. 1 - 139
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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