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Deposit Area 1101 - 008
(Last updated 09.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Svånes
(Object Id : 1101,008,00,00)

Location
County : Rogaland (11) Municipality : Eigersund (1101)
Map 1:50000: Egersund (1211-1) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Marking point: Longitude: 6.0419890 Latitude: 58.3912240
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 327100 m. Y-coord: 6476070 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Sub Type: Iron-Titanium
Element(s): Fe Ti
Production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit and underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated , (Confirmed 25.feb.2003 by Leif Furuhaug)

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Orthomagmatic formation Form: Irregular
Main texture: Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Ti-deposit type(s)
Main type: Magmatic Ilm/Mt-ratio:
Sub type: Ilm +/- Mt +/- Ap in mafic intrusion %TiO(Ore):
Titanium province: Rogaland anorthosite province %P2O5(Ore):
Host rock: Anorthosite %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: EGERSUNDKOMPLEKS Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Ore mineral Ilmenite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Unknown Noritt
Unknown Anottositt

Information(s) in free text format
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Also referred to as Horstigheien (Krause et al., 1985). Modally layered and deformed noritic intrusion in the Håland anorthosite, consisting of interlayered ilmenite-rich and plagioclase-rich bands.


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