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Occurence 1101 - 021 Hestnes
(Object Id: 5167)
(Last updated: 09.02.2005)

Location
County: Rogaland Municipality: Eigersund (1101)
Map 1:50000: Egersund (1211-1) Map 1:250000: Mandal
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 325049 m. North: 6479900 m.
Longitude: 6.0040550 Latitude: 58.4247620
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Resource
Resource Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Resource Subtype: Iron-Titanium
Element(s): Fe Ti P
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:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Ti-deposit type(s)
Main type: Magmatic Ilm/Mt-ratio:
Sub type: Nelsonite %TiO(Ore): < 3
Titanium province: Rogaland anorthosite province %P2O5(Ore): > 3
Host rock: Anorthosite %MgO(Ilm): 1 - 3
Main Ti mineral: Ilmenite %V2O3(Mt): < 0.4
ppm U (Rutile):
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Province: South Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Information(s) in free text format
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Fe-Ti oxide and apatite body in the Håland anorthosite, close to the contact between the Håland and Egersund-Ogna anorthosites and the "norito-granitic" zone (P. Michot, 1960) separating the two. The deposit is nelsonitic, consisting essentially of magnetite and apatite.


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