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Iron from
Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Iron
Formula:Fe
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Troilite2 photos of Iron associated with Troilite at this locality.
Schreibersite1 photo of Iron associated with Schreibersite at this locality.
Graphite1 photo of Iron associated with Graphite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iron data
Locality Data:Click here to view Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:58477
Long-form Identifier:1:3:58477:9
GUID (UUID V4):d7efd493-e72c-4e25-8b3f-13bdcad9f21b
Localities for Iron in this Region
Asuk, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Ivisarqut, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Jernpynten, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Kitdlît, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Uivfaq, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Blaafjeld, Uivfaq, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metallic iron-bearing, sedimentcontaminated Tertiary volcanics from Disko Island, Greenland Cyrena Anne...metallic iron-bearing, sedimentcontaminated Tertiary volcanics from Disko Island, Greenland. Lithos,...are reported for metallic iron-bearing volcanics from Disko Island, Greenland. These rocks are the products...to be mixtures of two Sr components. A metallic iron-bearing flow at Asuk, which is one of the earliest...earliest contaminated sequences in the West Greenland basalt province, can be modelled as a simple mixture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/epsl Atmospheric outgassing and native-iron formation during carbonaceous sediment–basalt melt...online xxxx Editor: T.A. Mather Keywords: native iron crustal contamination Permo–Triassic mass extinction...generation of low oxygen fugacities ( f O2 ) (below the iron-wüstite [IW] buffer curve) during magmatic crystallization...resulting in the precipitation of native-iron. The occurrence of native-iron bearing terrestrial basaltic rocks...been identified at three locations: Siberia, West Greenland, and Central Germany. We report the first combined
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maeses found in bsatSc rocks at Uivfrsq, Disko Island, West Greenland, Electron microprobe studies have shown...The existence of terrestris1 cohenite in nickel-iron metallic masses in coaxse grained basaltic Aows...an unequivocal “high pressure indicator” in the iron meteorites. INTRODUCTION COxsrj~~x (FeMi),C has...rounded grains up to 8 mm hg in at least ten octahe~j~ iron meteorites of which nine are coarse octahedrites...together with the extremely slow cooling timea of the iron meteorites, should have ensured that rt;nycarbide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PHITEXENOLITHS IN METALLIC IRON-BEARING BASALTS, DISKO ISLAND, GREENLAND Wrr,rrau G. MBr.soNeNo Gnoncp...Tertiary basalt flows from west Greenland commonly contain metallic iron and graphite. They are thus some...rarely corundum are included in these basalts on Disko Island. The xenoliths are remarkably similar to reconstituted...an environment such as Disko, where active reduction of ferrous iron to iron evidently occurred. The...content, and low-iron spinel substantiate the idea of derivation of the metallic iron by near surface
Report (issue)
There is clear potential for nickel resources in Greenland, encompassing mineralisations from Precambrian...were noted early on, and these became part of Greenland exploration history, being noted in the GEUS’s...current commercial interest in nickel targets in Greenland was initiated by Kryolitselskabet Øresund in the...and was related to a suite of norites in West Greenland. Platinomino A/S was established in 1968 to search...peridotites in southern Greenland. Since 1995 norites in the Tasiilaq region, East Greenland have been the target
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Native Iron-Bearing Assemblages and the Origin of These Assemblages in Basalts from Ovifak, Greenland, and...crystals of ulv6spinel are found in many of the native-iron-bearing xenoliths from the basalt of Biihl near...Kassel (West Germany) and Ovifak on Disko Island (West Greenland). The typical assemblage of these xenoliths... Ulv6spinel crystallized after the formation of iron, but still above the Fe-FeS eutectic at 988 ~ C...West Germany, and Ovifak (Disko Island), West Greenland. The origin of these iron xenoliths is still under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trace elements in natural metallic iron from Disko Island, Greenland* W. Kli~ck 1, H. Palme 1, and H.J...natural metallic iron on Earth is on the island of Disko, Greenland. Metallic iron is found there in...We have studied three different types of metallic iron: small metal spherules ( < 300 ~tm) in basaltic...smaller particles, in similar host rocks; and massive iron lumps (up to several tons). Analytical data for...demonstrate that a meteoritic origin for the metallic iron must be excluded. Since the Co/Ni and Re/It ratios
Report (issue)
23/02/07 13:16 Page 1 The PGE potential in Greenland No. 8 - February 2007 GO_08.qxp 23/02/07 ...potential in Greenland The potential for Platinum Group Element (PGE) resources in Greenland is clear and...Palaeogene environments. The PGE potential in Greenland attracted interest already in the 1960s and has...1970s . The corporate interest in PGE targets in Greenland was initiated by Kryolitselskabet Øresund in the...and was related to a suite of norites in West Greenland. Platinomino A/S was established in 1968 to search
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XIX. On the Mineralogy of Disko Island. By Sir CHARLES GIESECKE', F- R. S. Edin. M.R. I. A, Professor...1814.) Island, (see Plate XV ), is situated in front of a bay in the continent of Greenland, within...within Davis' Strait, known by the name of Disko Bay, which is sometimes called, particularly in the old Dutch...innumerable islands,made in the continent by the sea. Disko Island is situated in 69° 14' of N. latitude. It is...on the east, is 10 German miles. The whole of Disko Island belongs to the flcetz-trap formation, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
native iron in sediment-contaminated magma: I. A case study of the Hanekammen Complex on Disko Island, West...West Greenland FINN ULFF-M.~LLER Geologisk Museum, 0ster Voldgade 5-7, DK- I350 Kobenhavn K, Denmark ... the first time a compositional range of native iron bodies is described in a cogenetic series of sediment-contaminated...(CCO) (~800 bars) high hydrogen fugacity. Together, iron in basalt and andesite form that reflects order...of decreasing importance). The zoning of single iron reflects their growth and, some extent, subsequent
Report (issue)
embedded in or along grain boundaries of kamacite in iron meteorites. Physical Properties: Cleavage: Perfect...four analyses. (4) Fe3 P. Occurrence: In nearly all iron meteorites, but lacking in those which are nickel...reduced differentiated lenses in basalt (Disko Island, Greenland); as a hydrothermal metasomatic replacement...(Red Sea). Association: Greenland). Kamacite, tetrataenite (meteorites); iron, cohenite, troilite, wüstite...wüstite (Disko Island, Distribution: Common in iron meteorites, as Magura, Bohumilitz, Beaconsfield
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the Paleocene flood basalt province of western Greenland ROBIN,’ NICOLA H.M. SWINBURNE,*.* LAURENCE FROGET...Paleocene sandstone beds in central Nuussuaq, western Greenland. These beds are a mixture of glass, smectite,...Fe-bearing basalts and andesites in the Nuussuaq and Disko area. This origin is further supported by the high...particularly striking unit within the sequence of lavas on Disko, the Asuk Member of the Vaigat Formation. The Asuk...(Fig. 1) , a peninsula on the western coast of Greenland (Margolis et al., 1991 b). Previous investigations
Report (issue)
Cr0.06 Ca0.01 )Σ=1.03 Ti1.92 O5 . (2) Disko Island, Greenland; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO;...Association: Ilmenite, Fe–Ti oxides, iron, graphite (Disko Island, Greenland); phlogopite, analcime, diopside...Cancarix, Albacete Province, Spain. On Disko Island, Greenland. From the Jagersfontein, Bultfontein, and...salic volcanic rocks with native iron from Disko, central west Greenland. Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 77, 307–324
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Article A New Occurrence of Terrestrial Native Iron in the Earth’s Surface: The Ilia Thermogenic Travertine...July 2018   Abstract: Native iron has been identified in an active thermogenic travertine...travertine deposit, located at Ilia area (Euboea Island, Greece). The deposit is forming around a hot spring...system depositing ore-bearing travertines. The native iron occurs in two shapes: nodules with diameter 0.4...evaluating all the possible environments where native iron has been reported up until today and taking under
Report (issue)
rimming or in eutectic dendritic intergrowths with iron. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {100}, {010}, and...(1) Magura meteorite. (2) Kitdlı̂t dike, Disko Island, Greenland; by electron microprobe, C by difference...difference. (3) Fe3 C. Occurrence: In iron meteorites. Also in terrestrial iron, in mafic volcanic rocks chemically... Association: Iron, schreibersite, troilite, wüstite. Distribution: Common in iron meteorites. In...In Greenland, at Niaqornat (Niakornak) and on Disko Island, near Uivfaq and Kitdlı̂t. At Bühl, near Weimar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variations in Tertiary picrites and basalts from West Greenland with implications for the sulphide saturation...crop out on Qeqertarssuaq Island and the Nuussuaq Peninsula in West Greenland, and they include ∼1,000...they contain shale xenoliths and droplets of native iron and troilite. The contaminated basalts from Nuussuaq... A major difference between Siberia and West Greenland is that PGE depletion in the Nadezhdinsky Formation...contents is much more severe than that of the West Greenland contaminated basalts. Moreover, the volumes of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
graphite andesite volcano, Nuussuaq, central West Greenland Asger Ken Pedersen a,⁎, Lotte Melchior Larsen...Copenhagen K, Denmark Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...rich in graphite and contain little or no native iron. In comparison, the contemporaneous and chemically...lavas and breccias from Disko and Nuussuaq contain less graphite and more iron. The differences are considered...Graphite; Volcano; Paleocene; Nuussuaq Basin; Greenland 1. Introduction ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the relatively reduced native iron-bearing dike from Disko Island (Greenland). As in the case for Voisey’s...partitioning of trace elements, and the stability of iron-bearing minerals. A variety of methods exist for...Calculated fO 2 The equilibrium between olivine and an iron and sulfurrich, oxygen-poor liquid can be expressed... sulphide 70 FAMOUS -12 Lamont Nazca -11 Disko 60 -10 50 -9 40 30 -8 20 10 0 A) Volcanic...Kilauea lava lake (2) FAMOUS (3) Nazca (4) Lamont (5) Disko (6) 14 Kilauea 3 10 1 8 6 2 4 1 4 2 0
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide–Metal Alloy in the Magnesian Basalts of Disko Island, West Greenland I. P. Solovovaa, *, A. A. Averina, b...and glass from the magnesian basalt of Disko I., West Greenland. The rock is dominated by glass, which...sulfide globule, metal alloy, fluid, inclusion, Disko Island DOI: 10.1134/S0869591118060073 INTRODUCTION...2017), and volcanics of Disko I. and the Nûgssuaq Peninsula in West Greenland (Pedersen, 1979). The crystallization...crystallization of metallic iron in equilibrium with sulfides and silicate melt requires a strongly reducing
Report (chapter)
structure, increasing in density towards a nickeliferous iron core. (His ideas led to Eduard Seuss's SiA1-SiMa-NiFe...apparently associated with basalts at Disko Island, West Greenland, Daubr6e took part in the subsequent...and rocks; the origin of minerals, especially bog iron-ores (Daubr~e 1845); the nature of fluorescent minerals;...Scientific Society of Haarlem (1845) for his studies of iron minerals; the Cross of a Commander of the Crown...a fragment of the Pallas iron, 2 composed of olivine and nickeliferous iron metal and reported to have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulphide Liquids from a Basaltic Dyke on Disko, Central West Greenland by FINN ULFF-M0LLER Geologisk Museum...Copenhagen K., Denmark ABSTRACT A unique troilite-iron-cohenite-rich lens was found on a ledge in the ...sediment-contaminated Kitdlit dyke on Disko. The lens displays a mineralogical diversity and extreme...gradient. The lower iron-rich half of the lens formed by crystallization of iron, cohenite, troilite...of the upper troilite-rich half of the lens was: iron, cohenite, troilite, chromite, wustite, fayalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with reported occurrences of graphite and native iron in igneous mafic rocks, implying very reducing conditions...to a standard basalt triggers graphite and native iron crystallization at depths of few hundred meters...calculations, we suggest that the production of native iron-bearing lava flows and associated intrusions was...graphite native iron saturation gas emissions carbon monoxide Siberian Traps Disko Island 1. Introduction...considered, (iiii) saturation of graphite and native iron in the melt, as we deal with reduced condition.
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Paleocene Picrites and Flood Basalts on Disko and Nuussuaq, West Greenland LOTTE M. LARSEN1* AND ASGER K. PEDERSEN2...PEDERSEN2 1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND (GEUS), STER VOLDGADE 10, DK-1350 COPENHAGEN...rift-related Paleocene volcanic succession in West Greenland comprises voluminous picrites (the Vaigat Formation)...stratigraphy for the c. 3 km combined succession on Disko and Nuussuaq has been established that provides...similar to the source for the E-type lavas on Baffin Island may be present in the earliest rocks. Melting took
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Flight—History of Meteorites. 115 really the island which was thrown up in the second century before...TJigfak) n e a r Godhavn, Kekertarssuak or Island of Disko, Greenland [Lat. 69° 197 30" N . ; Long. 54° 1'...his original memoir. While exploring in Danish Greenland in 1870, his attention was directed to the possibility...be met with in Disko Island, by the accidental discovery of' a block of meteoric iron in some ballast...November 17th, 1871.—A. E. Nordenskjold. Eemarks on Greenland Meteorites. Abstract Geol. Soe., December 20th
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
picrites from Qeqertarssuaq (Disko Island) and Nuussuaq, West Greenland with implications for the mineral...basalts on Qeqertarssuaq and Nuussuaq in West Greenland contain 3 km of picrites and variably contaminated...on Qeqertarssuaq, they contain droplets of native iron. The low Cu and Ni contents are attributed to scavenging...Noril'sk, the contaminated (low Cu and Ni) West Greenland basalts are in isolated units with no evidence...of metals were scavenged by sulphides in West Greenland, the metal contents of the sulphides may not have
 
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