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Deposit Area 1101 - 028 | |||||
(Last updated 17.feb.2005) |
Name of Deposit Area : Bukkatjørn |
(Object Id : 1101,028,00,00) |
Location |
County : | Rogaland (11) | Municipality : | Eigersund (1101) |
Map 1:50000: | Egersund (1211-1) | Map 1:250000: | Mandal |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 6.1162070 | Latitude: | 58.5405660 |
EU89-UTM Zone 32 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 332150 m. | Y-coord: | 6492499 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) | Sub Type: | Nickel | |
Element(s): | Ni Cu |
Importance |
Public: | Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015) |
Economical: | Minor interest , (Confirmed 17.feb.2005 by Lars Petter Nilsson) |
Mineralization |
Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic | |
Dating: | Method: | |||
Genesis: | Orthomagmatic formation | Form: | ||
Main texture: | Min. distribution: |
Main grain size: | Main alteration: |
Strike/Dip: | Direction: | |||
Plunge: |
Stratigraphic classification of host rock |
Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic |
Province: | South Norwegian Basement Province | |
Geotec.unit: | Agder Complex | |
Tectonic complex: | ||
Igneous complex: | Egersund Anorthosite Complex |
Group: | Formation: |
Information(s) in free text format |
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Sulfide-enriched zone in the Bjerkreim-Sokndal Layered Intrusion. About one meter thick layer of pyroxenite or melanorite containing up to 10% sulfides. Dominated by po but with additional copper and nickel sulfides. The sulfide-bearing zone may be followed along the base of unit MCU III for more than 20 km. |
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