Glomfjord Kodal

Producer in Sor-Trondelag, Norway with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133719
MAS/MILS ID 4030230005
Record type Site
Current site name Glomfjord Kodal
Alternate or previous names Kodal, Kodalen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 14.00359, 66.81552 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sor-Trondelag(province)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Norway Sor-Trondelag

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 14.00359, 66.81552

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nordland, Norwy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Norsk Hydro: (Owns 70% Of Hydro Aluminium As)
    Interest 100
    Home office Norway
    Year 1978
    First year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • HYDRO MEGON A. S. IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REO PRODUCTION.

Production statistics

  • Year 1995
    Description Reo Production 1300 Tonnes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. NORSK HYDRO TO MINE IRON/PHOSPHATE. MARCH

  • Deposit

    4, 1977, P. 163.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. EUROPE. JANUARY 1978,

  • Deposit

    P. 73.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. NORWAY. JANUARY 1979, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    CHINA RARE EARTH INFORMATION, NO.37, MAY 1995, PAGE 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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