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Deposit Area 626 - 016
(Last updated 23.jan.2024)

Name of Deposit Area : Sørumsåsen
(Object Id : 0626,016,00,00)

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Lier (0626)
Map 1:50000: Lier (1814-4) Map 1:250000: Oslo
Marking point: Longitude: 10.3039310 Latitude: 59.7614940
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 573249 m. Y-coord: 6625569 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Sub Type: Molybdenium
Element(s): Mo
Production
Activity: Mining Reserves: 211 thousand tons
Prod. method: Open pit and underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Disused, closed Volume of dump:

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

Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality
MOS 0.2 %

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1918 - 1918 Test mining
1943 - 1945 Regular production Company/Institution :Norsk Bergverkselskap

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Permian
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Hydrothermal vein Form:
Main texture: Min. distribution:
Main grain size: Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Permian
Province: Oslo Region
Geotec.unit: Vestfold-Ringerike Graben
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex: Drammen Batholith
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Molybdenite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Granite Intrusive
Original rock :Granite


The fact sheet was created on 18.05.2024

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