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Deposit Area 1101 - 015
(Last updated 17.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Koltjern
(Object Id : 1101,015,00,00)

Location
County : Rogaland (11) Municipality : Eigersund (1101)
Map 1:50000: Egersund (1211-1) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Marking point: Longitude: 6.0667290 Latitude: 58.4127320
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 328649 m. Y-coord: 6478399 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Sub Type: Nickel
Element(s): Ni Cu
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit and underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 6 m3

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 17.feb.2005 by Lars Petter Nilsson)

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Orthomagmatic formation Form: Lens
Main texture: Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Coarse grained (> 3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Province: South Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Agder Complex
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex: Egersund Anorthosite Complex
Group: Formation:

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

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Unknown Granodioritt

Information(s) in free text format
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Områdebergart er en massiv ujevnkornig granodioritt som lokalt nær drften er tildels meget grovkornig. Drift: Det skutt ut en loddsynk 2x3 m og dybde ca.1.0 m i en kompakt linse av ilmenitt. Det finnes små aggregater av ilmenitt også i bergarten, men helt ubetydelig. Uttatt malm ligger som velte ved synken.


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