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Deposit Area 1101 - 017
(Last updated 09.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Åse
(Object Id : 1101,017,00,00)

Location
County : Rogaland (11) Municipality : Eigersund (1101)
Map 1:50000: Egersund (1211-1) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Marking point: Longitude: 6.0370440 Latitude: 58.4133280
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 326919 m. Y-coord: 6478542 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Sub Type: Iron-Titanium
Element(s): Fe Ti
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 80 m3

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

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Form:
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Disseminated (<20 % 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: Mt +/- Ilm +/- Ap in mafic intrusion %TiO(Ore):
Titanium province: Rogaland anorthosite province %P2O5(Ore):
Host rock: %MgO(Ilm):
Main Ti mineral: Ilmenite %V2O3(Mt):
ppm U (Rutile):
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
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 Anortositt

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Unknown Joints/Fractures Strike/Dip :240 / 70

Information(s) in free text format
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Områdebergart er en massiv anorthositt som fører utallige små (20x30 cm) linser av ilmenitt i tllegg er bergarten disseminert av ilmenitt-aggregater. Dagstrossens størrelse 8x4 m og dybde ca.3 m er drevet gjennom en konsentrasjon av ilmenitt-linser, driftsretning er ca. N-S.


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