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Blafjell, Norway

Occurrence in Norway with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079697
MRDS ID W029788
Record type Site
Current site name Blafjell, Norway

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 6.38606, 58.34884 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF STORGANGEN AND TELLNES MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Rutile Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 6.38606, 58.34884
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South West Section Of The Precambrian Baltic Block; Anorthositic Complex 1000 Km2 (Sqkm) Large.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Blafjell Is Located In The Tellnes-Ana-Sira-Massif

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 300M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE NEARLY CLEAN ILMENITE ORE IS BOUND TO A PEGMATITIC NORITE AND PENETRATES IT IN VEINS,LENSES AND STREAKS. GENESIS: LIQUIDMAGMATIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1863

Comments on the production information

  • G7) H. KRAUSE AND R. ZEINO-MAHMALAT;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    H. KRAUSE AND ZEINO-MAHMALAT, 1970: UNTERSUCHUNGEN AN ERZ UND NEBENGESTEIN DER GRUBE BLAFJELL IN SW-NORWEGEN. NORSK GEOLOGISK TIDSSKRIFT VOLUME 50. 1970 NO.1 P.45-88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS 3 M
Deposit MINING AT BLAFJELL UNTIL 1976.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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