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Deposit Area 1519 - 003
(Last updated 09.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Vassbotn
(Object Id : 1519,003,00,00)

Location
County : Møre og Romsdal (15) Municipality : Volda (1519)
Map 1:50000: Volda (1119-2) Map 1:250000: Ålesund
Marking point: Longitude: 6.1576850 Latitude: 62.1307810
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates NOT confirmed)
X-coord: 351800 m. Y-coord: 6891999 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Sub Type: Titanium
Element(s): Ti Rutile
Production
Activity: Exploration Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 13.des.2001 by Are Korneliussen)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1992 - 1994 Sampling Company/Institution :Stokke Industri
The deposit was investigated for garnet by the company Stokke Industri during 1992-1995. Rutile was considered as a possible by-product.

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Devonian
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Metamorphic formation Form: Lens
Main texture: Massive Min. distribution: Disseminated (<20 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Coarse grained (> 3 mm) Main alteration: Amphibolisation
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Ti-deposit type(s)
Main type: Metamorphic Ilm/Mt-ratio:
Sub type: Rutile in eclogite %TiO(Ore):
Titanium province: Møre %P2O5(Ore):
Host rock: Eclogite %MgO(Ilm):
Main Ti mineral: Rutile %V2O3(Mt):
ppm U (Rutile):
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Province: Caledonian Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Western Gneiss Region
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Garnet Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Amphibole Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Pyroxene Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Biotite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Rutile Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Ilmenite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Eclogite Intrusive
Original rock :Gabbro
Metamorphic facies :Eclogite
Wall rock Gneiss
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger i en fjellside ved Vassborn 3-4 km øst for Volda sentrum. Den er en usedvanlig grovkornet og granatrik eklogitt som er blottet langs en skogsbilvei som slynger seg oppover fjellsiden. Utenfor denne veien er forekomsten stort sett overdekket av løsmasser. Utstrekningen er ikke nærmere undersøkt. Titaninnholdet er i størrelsesorden 3-4% TiO2 hvorav ca. 50% består av rutil og 50% som ilmenitt. Forekomsten er uten økonomisk interesse som titanforekomst betraktet, men kan ha interesse som granatforekomst. Granatmulighetene ble på 1990-tallet undersøkt av selskapene Stokke Industri og Novemko, men uten at dette har resultert i drift.


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