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Deposit Area 830 - 304
(Last updated 05.feb.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Søftestad gruver
(Object Id : 0830,304,00,00)

Location
County : Telemark (08) Municipality : Nissedal (0830)
Map 1:50000: Nissedal (1613-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 8.5152960 Latitude: 59.1512350
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 472275 m. Y-coord: 6556993 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Other industrial minerals Sub Type: Apatite

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Public: (No data)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated

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Closed mine of apatite bearing iron ore (test mining 1913-1920, active 1939-1965). Future potential only as by-product of iron-production. 3.02 wt% P2O5. In total 700108 t ore were produced from the mine. (Myhra 1967) No estimates of remaining apatite tonnages have been performed; thus, the size of this potential resource is still unknown.

Name of Sample point : sample abs
(Object Id : 0830,304,00,01)

Location
County : Telemark (08) Municipality : Nissedal (0830)
Map 1:50000: Nissedal (1613-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: (Unavailable)

Commodity
Main Type: Other industrial minerals Sub Type: Apatite


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