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Selvag Deposit

Occurrence in Norway with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008251
MRDS ID D000259
Record type Site
Current site name Selvag Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 15.00387, 68.66551 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 15.00387, 68.66551
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAGNETITE AND ILMENITE IMPREGNATED IN GABBRO AT SELVAG DEPOSIT, AND PERHAPS ELSEWHERE, WITH NUMEROUS SMALL BODIES OF SOLID "ORE" SCATTERED WIDELY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lofoten Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • YIELDS CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 60% FE, 5% TIO2, AND 0.7% V2O5 (NO DATA GIVEN ON TI CONCENTRATES) (20,000,000 MT ORE RESERVE-U. N., 1970) V RESOURCES ABOUT 50,000 SHORT TONS V

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEIS, H-P, 1971, MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 3, NO. 3

  • Deposit

    LAWTHERS, ROBT., 1957, USBM IC 7791

  • Deposit

    U. N. 1970, IRON RESOURCES OF WORLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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