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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. |
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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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