Nonaas Grube

Past Producer in Norway with commodities Nickel, Platinum, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103641
MRDS ID M045540
Record type Site
Current site name Nonaas Grube
Alternate or previous names Hosanger Gruber

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 5.52653, 60.55833 (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
Platinum Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 0.48% CO IN PYRITE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 5.52653, 60.55833

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Production years 1875-1917

Mining district

District name Vestland District

Comments on the production information

  • PT BY ANALOGY TO OTHER NI DEPOSITS IN SAME METANORITE BODY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BJORLYKKE, 1949

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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