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Deposit Area 1004 - 015
(Last updated 12.des.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Kvanvikåsen
(Object Id : 1004,015,00,00)

Location
County : Vest-Agder (10) Municipality : Flekkefjord (1004)
Map 1:50000: Sokndal (1311-4) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Marking point: Longitude: 6.5312170 Latitude: 58.2841530
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates NOT confirmed)
X-coord: 355250 m. Y-coord: 6462999 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Sub Type: Iron-Titanium
Element(s): Fe Ti

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 12.des.2005 by Are Korneliussen)

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Orthomagmatic formation Form:
Main texture: Min. distribution:
Main grain size: Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Ti-deposit type(s)
Main type: Magmatic Ilm/Mt-ratio:
Sub type: Ilm +/- Mt +/- Ap in mafic intrusion %TiO(Ore):
Titanium province: Rogaland anorthosite province %P2O5(Ore):
Host rock: Anorthosite %MgO(Ilm):
Main Ti mineral: Ilmenite %V2O3(Mt):
ppm U (Rutile):
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Province: South Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Information(s) in free text format
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Oxide deposit in eastern part of the Åna-Sira anorthosite. Kvanvikåsen consists of a 2-3 m wide lens, 10-15 m long striking nort-south and two small satellite lenses within 30 m along strike on both sides.


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