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Tellnes Depositsurface

Producer in Norway with commodities Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Copper, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024989
MRDS ID ISM0741
Record type Site
Current site name Tellnes Depositsurface

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 6.43606, 58.33217 (WGS84)
Relative position OREBODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TOPOLOG, 10 KM WEST OF CURTEA DE ARGES IN SW ROMANIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Rock unit name Ana-Sira Anorthosite (Egersund Anorthosite Complex)
    Rock description Ana-Sira Anorthosite (Egersund Anorthosite Complex)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 6.43606, 58.33217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Magmatic Intrusion Within Precambrian Succession

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN + GRNT + MGNT + ZRCN + MNZT (+ QRTZ + FLDP + MICA); DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THREE FORMATIONS: LOWER = 15 M, FINE SANDS; MIDDLE - 12 M, SANDS AND GRAVELS; UPPER - 15 M. THESE REPRESENT FORMER BEACH STRANDLINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Egersund

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Titania A/S
  • Type Owner
    Owner Titania A/S (Nl Industries Formerly Us National Lead Group)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS REPORTED BUT DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 18 wt-pct Titanium Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • USBM ESTIMATES MADE ON ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS AND GRADE. THEY MUST BE CONSIDERED AT THE 50% PROBABILITY LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(THE DEPOSIT IS REPORTED TO BE IN OPERATION BUT NO DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE (JULY 1982). IT IS DESCRIBED AS AN AGGLOMERATION RATHER THAN A MINE.); IT IS LIKELY THAT ILMENITE IS THE ONLY PRODUCT BEING PRODUCED DUE TO ITS PREDOMINANCE OVER ALL OTHER HEAVY MINERALS (60:1). ? ?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: FINANCIAL TIMES INFORMATION LTD, P. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    ZITZMANN, A., ED., 1978, THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOL. II: HANNOVER, P. 131-132.

  • Deposit

    DIXON, C.J., 1979, THE TELLNES ILMENITE DEPOSIT - NORWAY, IN ATLAS OF ECONOMIC MINERAL DEPOSITS: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, ITHACCA, NY, 1979, P. 108-9.

  • Deposit

    VOKES, F.M., 1979, INTRODUCTION IN BOWIE, S.H., KVALHEIM, A. & HASLEM, H. (ED): MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOL. 1, NORTHWEST EUROPE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY/MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 1-38.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1978, TITANIA- THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF TITANIUM MINERALS IN EUROPE: MINING MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1978, P. 364-371.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SERVICES, 1985, WORLD MINERAL STATISTICS 1979-83: LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, P. 246-251.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1984, NORWAY - GO-AHEAD FOR ILMENITE PLANT AT LAST: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JANUARY 1984, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    GEIS, HANS-PETER, 1971, A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE IRON-TITANIUM PROVINCES IN NORWAY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE IN PRODUCTION: MINERALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, JULY 1971, VOL. 3, NO. 3, P. 13-23.

  • Deposit

    BUGGE, J.A.W., 1978, NORWAY IN BOWIE, SHU, KHALHEIM, A., & HASLAM, H.W. (ED), MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EUROPE, VOL 1: NORTHWEST EUROPE, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY/THE MINEROLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 199-249.

  • Production

    RF6, GRADE: RF2 RF2, RF6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE ?
Deposit Discovery Year: ? EXPLORATION CONDUCTED UP TO 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Gray, Johathan M. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Porter, Lyn M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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