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MALMDATABASEN
Forekomstområde 522 - 029
(Sist oppdatert 13.mar.2024)

Navn på deposit area : Dalen
(Objekt Id : 0522,029,00,00)
Forekomstområdet tilhører provinsen : Espedalen

Lokalisering
Fylke : Oppland (05) Kommune : Gausdal (0522)
Kart 1:50000: Svatsum (1717-1) Kart 1:250000: Lillehammer
Markeringspunkt: Lengdegrad: 9.6332150 Breddegrad: 61.3778560
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-koord: 533840 m. Y-koord: 6805039 m.

Materialtype
Hovedtype: Jernlegeringsmetaller (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Subtype: Nikkel
Element(s): Ni Cu Co
Production
Activity: Prospektering Reserves: 7800 thousand tons
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:
Resource estimat. standard: CIM/NI 43_101

Betydning
Offentlig: International Importance (reg. 13.03.2023)
Economical: Kan være viktig , (Confirmed 06.jan.2010 by Rolf Lynum)

Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality
CO 0.02 %
CU 0.12 %
NI 0.28 %

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Ortomagmatisk Form: Linse
Main texture: Årenettverk Min. distribution: Disseminert
Main grain size: Middelskornet (1-3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex: Espedalen Complex
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Pyroxene Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pentlandite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Gabbronoritt Intrusive
Original rock :Gabbro norite
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
Host rock Harzburgitt Intrusive
Original rock :Peridotite
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Corfu, F., & Heim, M. 2014. Geology and U–Pb geochronology of the Espedalen Complex, southern Norway, and its position in the Caledonian nappe systems. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 390(1), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-010


Mansur, E.T., Slagstad, T., Dare, S.A.S. & Sandstad, J.S. 2023. Geology and sulphide geochemistry of the Ni-Cu-Co mineralisation of the Espedalen Complex, Norway: Constraints for the distribution of magmatic sulphides within a variably deformed anorthosite suite. Ore Geology Reviews 161.


Reddick, J., & Armstrong, T. 2009. Technical Report on Resource estimates for Ertelien, Stormyra and Dalen Deposits, Southern Norway. NI43-101 technical report.


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