Igaliko complex - Motzfeldt center, N & S Qoroq, Igdlerfigssalik (Record #186) rare-earth element deposit in Greenland

Alkalic igneous rare earth element deposit in , Greenland

Woolley, A.R., 1987, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world; Part 1, North and South America: London, United Kingdom, British Museum of Natural History, 216 p.

Deposit type	Alkalic igneous
Age of deposit	Proterozoic-- 1310 ± 31 Ma (Rb-Sr, whole rock)
REE minerals	eudidymite pyrochlore monazite bastnäsite
Ore minerals	pyrochlore columbite uranium zircon thorite molybdenite fluorite aenigmatite
Gangue minerals	nepheline arfvedsonite analcime natrolite alkali feldspar alkali pyroxene amphibole aegirine biotite
Host rock types	peralkaline syenites- pulaskite goyaite naujaite; syenite nepheline syenite

Geologic map unit	-45.166666666667, 61.133333333333
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Status	Nb-Ta resource

Pegmatites related to peralkaline rocks.

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Northern Miner, 1986, Tantalum find in Greenland: v. 71, no. 52.
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Roskill Information Services, 1988, The economics of rare earths & yttrium, 1994, seventh edition: London, Roskill Information Services, 359 p. + appendices.
Woolley, A.R., 1987, Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world; Part 1, North and South America: London, United Kingdom, British Museum of Natural History, 216 p.