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Occurence 1101 - 016 Skåra
(Object Id: 4994)
(Last updated: 25.02.2005)

Location
County: Rogaland Municipality: Eigersund (1101)
Map 1:50000: Egersund (1211-1) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 327419 m. North: 6481592 m.
Longitude: 6.0432950 Latitude: 58.4408820
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Resource
Resource Type: Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Resource Subtype: Nickel
Element(s): Ni Cu
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

Resources and production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Operating method: Open pit and underground mining Historical production:


Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Genesis: Orthomagmatic formation Form: Lens
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Coarse grained (> 3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Province: South Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Agder Complex
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex: Egersund Anorthosite Complex
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pentlandite Accessory mineral (<1%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Unknown Pegmatitt
Unknown Granodioritt

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Unknown Joints/Fractures Strike/Dip :120 / 80

Information(s) in free text format
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The country rock is a very coarse grained granite, crosscut by numerous this pegmatite veins in all directions. Closer to the ore body, the rock is finer grained and becomes more of a gneiss. The ore has been produced from a 2H2m shaft 4m deep, in a compact lense of pyrrhotite. The extracted mass is dumped next to the shaft. Minor disseminated pyrrhotite occurs in the gneiss close to the ore body.


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