Major zinc occurrences in Greenland

There are numerous zinc occurrences in Greenland hosted within sedimentary rocks and can be classified as either belonging to the Mississippi-Valley Type (MVT) or to the sedimentary-exhalative (SEDEX) deposit types. These include the Black Angel deposit and related showings, hosted by Paleoproterozoic marbles of the Karrat Group in West Greenland, the Citronen Fjord deposit and a variety of prospects and showings in the Lower Paleozoic Franklinian Basin in North Greenland and possibly the occurrences in the Upper Paleozoic to Mesozoic Jameson Land Basin in East Greenland.