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Geological map of South-East Greenland 1:500 000

The area in South-East Greenland between 62°30’N and 66°30’N was targeted for its mineralisation potential through data collection and renewed mapping during the collaborative ‘SEGMENT’ project (2009-2014) between the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP, now Ministry of Mineral Resources, MMR). The main aims of the ‘SEGMENT’ project included:

• Compiling a regional stream sediment geochemical and till indicator mineral survey;

• Compiling a regional aeromagnetic survey of South-East Greenland;

• Conduct geological field investigations in order to characterise the main lithology

and as the basis for geological research, including petrology, structural geology,

geochemistry and geochronology;

• Evaluate economic geology and mineral potential through field investigations, using

geological parameter in order to be able to predict possible mineralisation;

• Revise the existing 1:500 000 geological map of South-East Greenland; and

• Integrated data interpretation to describe and provide a geological model for the

geological evolution of South-East Greenland and assess the mineral of potential of

the region.

The details behind the data collection and mapping efforts under the ‘SEGMENT’ project are summarized in the GEUS report by Kolb et al. (2016) which provides an overview of the geology and the lithological units within the mapping area between 62°N and 66°30’N.

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Date (Revision)
2022-01-01
Identifier
dk.geus: / Not delivered. Refer to contact persons.
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose
Geological map
Status
Completed
Author
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - Thomas Find Kokfelt
Distributor
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - Christian Brogaard Pedersen
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
Keywords
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
  • Greenland
Access constraints
Copyright
Use constraints
Copyright
Other constraints
Conditions for Re-use of data https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/terms_20140620.pdf
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Denominator
500000
Metadata language
English
Topic category
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EPSG / https://epsg.io/32624
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Distribution format
  • Web Service ( 1.0 )

Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - Eva Willerslev
Oster Voldgade 10 , Copenhagen , 1350 K , Denmark
OnLine resource
Geology and Mineral Potential of South-East Greenland ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

GEUS report no. 2016/38, Kolb et al.: Geology and Mineral Potential of South-East Greenland

OnLine resource
Geological map of South-East Greenland 1:500 000 ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

PDF version of 1:500 000 geological map of South-East Greenland (revised 2016; Stensgaard et al. 2016)

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Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
This field has no significance
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No
Statement
Prior to 2009 the official geological map of the area was the 1:500 000 map compiled by Escher (1994), which was based on joint efforts by numerous involved partners over several decades, principally geologists from British Universities in the 1960s, later joined by geologists from the Greenland Geological Survey (GGU) in the late 1960s and until the early 1980s. Helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft support was first available in 1986 and 1987, where areas further inland could be mapped. The efforts by universities and GGU were accompanied by some mineral exploration by companies such as Kryolitselskabet Øresund A/S and Nordisk Mineselskab A/S. The main commodities that have received most attention includes graphite mineralisation north of Tasiilaq and nickel-PGE sulphide mineralisation in the Ammassalik Intrusive Complex close to Tasiilaq.
File identifier
caff5248-8a3c-42b0-9b24-a97525c11487 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-04-12T09:38:13
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003 / ISO 19139:2007
Point of contact
  Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - Inquiry regarding acquisition
Oster Voldgade 10 , Copenhagen , 1350 K , Denmark
 
 

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