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Deposit Area 1114 - 008
(Last updated 12.des.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Rudleknuten
(Object Id : 1114,008,00,00)

Location
County : Rogaland (11) Municipality : Bjerkreim (1114)
Map 1:50000: Bjerkreim (1212-2) Map 1:250000: Stavanger
Marking point: Longitude: 6.1257170 Latitude: 58.5713330
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 332849 m. Y-coord: 6495899 m.

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 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:
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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