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| Deposit Area 1111 - 037 | |||||
| (Last updated 16.mai.2006) | |||||
Name of Deposit Area : Urdal |
| (Object Id : 1111,037,00,00) |
| Location |
| County : | Rogaland (11) | Municipality : | Sokndal (1111) |
| Map 1:50000: | Sokndal (1311-4) | Map 1:250000: | Mandal |
| Marking point: | Longitude: | 6.2579500 | Latitude: | 58.3760820 |
| EU89-UTM Zone 32 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
| X-coord: | 339650 m. | Y-coord: | 6473849 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 |
Mineralization |
| Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic | |
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| Genesis: | Orthomagmatic formation | Form: | ||
| Main texture: | Min. distribution: |
| Main grain size: | Main alteration: |
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| Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic |
| Province: | South Norwegian Basement Province | |
| Geotec.unit: | Agder Complex | |
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| Igneous complex: | Egersund Anorthosite Complex |
| Group: | Formation: |
Information(s) in free text format |
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| Located in the Helleren anorthosite about 100 m west of its contact with the Eia-Rekefjord intrusion. Heavily overgrown dyke-like sulfide body exploited at two locations few tens of meters apart. Possibly associated with a norite dyke?? |
| The fact sheet was created on 31.10.2025 |
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