(Last updated: 09.02.2005)
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| Occurence 4207 - 004 Vardåsen | |||||
| (Object Id: 5105) (Last updated: 09.02.2005) |
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| Location |
| County: | Agder | Municipality: | Flekkefjord (4207) |
| Map 1:50000: | Sokndal (1311-4) | Map 1:250000: | Mandal |
| Coordinate system: | EU89-UTM Zone 32 |
| East: | 354350 m. | North: | 6462249 m. |
| Longitude: | 6.5163550 | Latitude: | 58.2771260 |
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| Resource |
| Resource Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Resource Subtype: | Iron-Titanium | |
| Element(s): | Fe Ti |
| Importance |
| Raw material meaning: | Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015) |
Mineralization |
| Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic | |
| Genesis: | Orthomagmatic formation | Form: | ||
| Main texture: | Min. distribution: |
| Main grain size: | Main alteration: |
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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): | ||
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| Stratigraphic classification of host rock |
| Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic |
| Province: | South Norwegian Basement Province | |
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| Group: | Formation: |
Information(s) in free text format |
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| 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. |
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