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Deposit Area 123 - 001
(Last updated 16.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : FOSSUM
(Object Id : 0123,001,00,00)

Location
County : Østfold (01) Municipality : Spydeberg (0123)
Map 1:50000: Askim (1914-2) Map 1:250000: Oslo
Marking point: Longitude: 11.1009970 Latitude: 59.6053980
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 618568 m. Y-coord: 6609342 m.

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

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 16.feb.2005 by Havard Gautneb)

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Orthomagmatic formation Form:
Main texture: Min. distribution:
Main grain size: Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Province: East Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Østfold Complex
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:


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