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Kvanefjeld adit, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland

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An adit on the south slope of Kvanefjeld mountain, driven in 1979-1980 to exploit the deposit of uraniferous steenstrupine-(Ce).


References

- Petersen, O. V.; Rønsbo, J.G. & Leonardsen, E.S. (1989): Nacareniobsite-(Ce), a new mineral species from the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, and its relation to mosandrite and the rinkite series. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 2, 84-96.
- Petersen, O. V., Khomyakov, A., Soerensen, H. (2001): Natrophosphate from the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex South Greenland, South Greenland, Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 190, 139-141
- Pekov,I.V. & Ekimenkova, I.A. (2001): Two new rare-earth-rich mineral associations in the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 190, 143-144

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aegirine
Albite
Analcime
Arfvedsonite
Dorfmanite
Epistolite
'Erikite'
Eudialyte
'K Feldspar'
Kvanefjeldite (TL)
Microcline
Nacareniobsite-(Ce) (TL)
Nepheline
Sodalite
Steenstrupine-(Ce)
Ussingite
Villiaumite
Vitusite-(Ce)


20 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Greenland
  • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
    • Narsaq
      • Ilimaussaq complex

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