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Occurence 5025 - 030 FERAGEN
(Object Id: 4362)
(Last updated: 18.03.2024)
Belongs to the Province: Feragen kromfelt
Drill Cores: Feragen

Location
County: Trøndelag Municipality: Rosse (5025)
Map 1:50000: Brekken (1720-2) Map 1:250000: Røros
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 642918 m. North: 6939992 m.
Longitude: 11.7807120 Latitude: 62.5631060
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Resource
Resource Type: Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Resource Subtype: Chromium
Element(s): Cr
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

Resources and production
Activity: Reserves:
Operating method: Historical production: 33 thousand tons


Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality Reg. date
Cr 26.7 % 18.03.2024

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The Feragen chromium ore field is associated with the large bodies of ultramafic rocks, mainly altered to serpentinites, located to the SE of Røros. The main rock types are variably serpentinized dunite and peridotite (cpx-bearing harzburgite to cpx-poor lherzolite). Cr-ores int the form of chromite are exclusively hosted in the dunite. Typical podiform ores predominate, though semi-stratiform ore bodies are also present. Ore-types include fine-grained impregnations, banded and semimassive/massive (> 55% Cr-oxide) types. Generally the chromite-ores have low PGE values (0.1-0.2 ppm), except the Osthammeren deposit, which has an average grade of 1.5 ppm total PGE. Between 1820 and 1940 27 500 – 32 500 t of chromium ore was produced from mainly three mines (Leigh, Ler and Skal mines).


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