GREENLAND GEOLOGY AND SELECTED MINERAL OCCURRENCES

500 km

Ice caps / Lakes

Quaternary rock Phanerozoic basins (<400Ma)

Lower Palaeozoic and Neoproterozoic basins

Mesoproterozoic basin

Palaeoproterozoic supracrustal rock

Archaean supracrustal rock

Palaeogene magmatic province

Proterozoic magmatic province

Caledonian magmatic province

Proterozoic basement

Reworked Archaean basement

Archaean basement

Producing mine

Abandoned mine

Town

BredehornBarite, Pb, Zn

Mestersvig (‘Blyklippen’)Pb, Zn

Forsblad FjordAu, Sn, W

SortebjergPb, Zn

FlammefjeldMo, Au, Ag

Kap Edvard HolmAu, Pt

SkaergaardAu, Pd, Ti, V

KangikajikGraphite

TasiilaqNi, Cu, Pt

Graah FjordNi

KangerlulukAu

StendalenTi, V

IllorsuitU

NiaqornaarsukAu

Motzfeldt SøTa, Nb, REE

IsortoqFe, V, Ti

SarfartoqREE, Nb, U

Garnet LakeDiamond

Maniitsoq Norite BeltNi, Cu, Pt

SinarsukV, Ti

Isukasia (Isua)Fe

Isua Greenstone BeltAu

IvisaartoqW

TikiusaaqREE

BrogetdalCu

RandbøldalU Noa Dal

AuYmer ØSb, W

Devon DalCu

KarstryggenSr

Milne LandZr, REE, Ti

MalmbjergMo

Kap SimpsonNb, REE, Y, Mo

Midsommer SøCu

Neergaard DalCu

Citronen FjordZn, Pb

Navarana FjordZn, Barite

Hand BugtZn, Pb

Repulse HavnZn, Pb

Kayser BjergZn, Pb

Kap WohlgemuthZn, Pb

Kap SchuchertZn, Pb

Cass FjordZn, Pb, Ag

McGary ØerAu, Cu

Fire Finger SøAu, CuMoriusaq

Ti

De Dødes FjordFe

PingorsuitFe

Marmor SøAu, Cu

September SøAu, Cu

Washington LandZn, Pb, Ag

Kap SeddonFe

SaverulukFe

Karrat IsfjordZn, Pb

Kangerluarsuk FjordZn

SaqqaqAu

EqiAu

ItilliarsukAu, Fe, Zn, Pb

Uvkusissat FjordAu

Niaq/KarratREE

Paatuut KløftCoal

Hammer DalNi, Pt, Fe

IlukunnguaqNi, PtQeqertaaDiamond

NaternaqCu, Zn

‘White Mountain’Anorthosite

AmikoqPt, Pd, Os

QaqarssukREE, Nb, P

MajuagaaDiamond

QussukAu Storø

Au

SermilikAu

Fiskenæsset ComplexCr, Pt

AappaluttoqRuby, Sapphire Kvanefjord

AuTaartoq

Au

Kobberminebugt (’Josva’)Cu

Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld)REE, U, Zn, F

Killavaat Alannguat (Kringlerne)REE, Zr

Ivittuut & Grønnedal-IkaCryolite, Zn, Y, REE

LangøGraphite

QullissatCoal

Eqalussuit/AkuliaruseqGraphite

SeqiOlivine

NalunaqAu

AmitsoqGraphite

Black Angel & Maarmorilik Zn, Pb, Ag, Marble

Ikertoq/Niaqornarssuit ComplexNi, Cu

Airport

Gravel and dirt strip

Tasiilaq

Upernavik

Uummannaq

Ittoqqortoormiit

Narsarsuaq

Nanortalik

Narsaq

Qaqortoq

Paamiut

Nuuk

Sisimiut Kangerlussuaq

Aasiaat

Qasigiannguit

Qeqertarsuaq

Ilulissat

I N L A N D I C E

Maniitsoq

LadderbjergCu

Wegener HalvøCu, Zn

Qaanaaq

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