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Lien1grube=Mine

Past Producer in Norway with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Gold, Cobalt
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038232
MRDS ID M045538
Record type Site
Current site name Lien1grube=Mine
Alternate or previous names Hosanger Nikkel Gruber

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 5.49459, 60.57833 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM NE OF BERGEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NI CONTENT INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO CU CONTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.79% CO IN PYRITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 5.49459, 60.57833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLATTEN CIGAR
    Plunge HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 30M
    Length 280M
    Width 25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Production years 1875-1949 MOST POST 1933

Mining district

District name Vestland District

Comments on the production information

  • 1&6 = PROD. 1875-1949 FROM BJORLYKKE; 2-5 CALCOLATED USING FOSLIE DATA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOSLIE AND HOST, 1932, NORGES GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 137

  • Deposit

    BJORLYKKE, 1949, NORGES GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 172

  • Production

    FOSLIE AND HOST, 1932; BJORLYKKE, 1949

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Page, Norman J. 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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