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| THE ORE DATABASE | |||||
| Deposit Area 1004 - 004 | |||||
| (Last updated 09.feb.2005) | |||||
Name of Deposit Area : Vardåsen |
| (Object Id : 1004,004,00,00) |
| Location |
| County : | Vest-Agder (10) | Municipality : | Flekkefjord (1004) |
| Map 1:50000: | Sokndal (1311-4) | Map 1:250000: | Mandal |
| Marking point: | Longitude: | 6.5163550 | Latitude: | 58.2771260 |
| EU89-UTM Zone 32 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
| X-coord: | 354350 m. | Y-coord: | 6462249 m. |
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| Commodity |
| Main Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Sub Type: | Iron-Titanium | |
| Element(s): | Fe Ti |
| Importance |
| Public: | Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015) |
| Economical: | Minor interest , (Confirmed 06.feb.2003 by Leif Furuhaug) |
Mineralization |
| Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic | |
| Dating: | Method: | |||
| Genesis: | Orthomagmatic formation | Form: | ||
| Main texture: | Min. distribution: |
| Main grain size: | Main alteration: |
| Strike/Dip: | Direction: | |||
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| Ti-deposit type(s) |
| Main type: | Magmatic | Ilm/Mt-ratio: | ||
| Sub type: | Ilmenite in anorthosite | %TiO(Ore): | > 12 | |
| Titanium province: | Rogaland anorthosite province | %P2O5(Ore): | <1 | |
| Host rock: | Norite | %MgO(Ilm): | > 3 | |
| Main Ti mineral: | Ilmenite | %V2O3(Mt): | ||
| ppm U (Rutile): |
| Stratigraphic classification of host rock |
| Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic |
| Province: | South Norwegian Basement Province | |
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| Igneous complex: |
| Group: | Formation: |
Information(s) in free text format |
| Free text |
| North-south striking norite dyke in which the eastern part is very oxide-rich. Partly layered. In total the dyke is on the order of 10 m wide with the mineralized part making up 3-4 m. (Den registrerede prøve 518 er fra malmsamlingen i Løkken, GBM). The deposit was first described by Tellef Dahll in 1864. |
| The fact sheet was created on 14.05.2024 |
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