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THE ORE DATABASE
Deposit Area 1027 - 004
(Last updated 17.jan.1997)

Name of Deposit Area : Vårdal
(Object Id : 1027,004,00,00)

Location
County : Vest-Agder (10) Municipality : Audnedal (1027)
Map 1:50000: Bjelland (1411-1) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Marking point: Longitude: 7.3542840 Latitude: 58.4374690
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 403918 m. Y-coord: 6478592 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Sub Type: Molybdenium
Element(s): Mo
Production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Underground mining Production: 2 thousand tons
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1916 Test mining

Mineralization
Era: Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Form: Irregular
Main texture: Vein network Min. distribution: Disseminated (<20 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: AGDER KOMPLEKS Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Molybdenite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Magnetite Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Unknown Granitt
Unknown Gneis


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