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Deposit Area 1111 - 015
(Last updated 09.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Årstadøy
(Object Id : 1111,015,00,00)

Location
County : Rogaland (11) Municipality : Sokndal (1111)
Map 1:50000: Sokndal (1311-4) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Marking point: Longitude: 6.2877620 Latitude: 58.3331350
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 341200 m. Y-coord: 6469000 m.

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

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 06.feb.2003 by Leif Furuhaug)

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: Mt +/- Ilm +/- Ap in mafic intrusion %TiO(Ore): > 12
Titanium province: Rogaland anorthosite province %P2O5(Ore):
Host rock: Norite %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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Layered oxide-rich norite. Deposit also referred to as "Øyno" and is presently located more or less in the town of Hauge (see Carlson, 1945).


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