Rodsand Deposit

Producer in Norway with commodities Titanium, Vanadium, Iron
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. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000851
MRDS ID ISM0738
Record type District
Current site name Rodsand Deposit
Alternate or previous names Raudsand

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 8.16983, 62.79886 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE COAST OF WEST-CENTRAL NORWAY, 130 KM SW OF TRONDHEIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.16983, 62.79886

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1980

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ELKEM SPIGERVERK
    Home office OSLOW, NORWAY
  • Type Operator
    Owner ELKEM SPIGERVERK
    Home office OSLOW, NORWAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZITZMANN, A., (ED) 1977-78, THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF EUROPE VOL I AND II, HANOVER.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEIS, H.P., 1971, A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE IRON TITANIUM PROVINCES IN NORWAY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE IN PRODUCTION. MINERAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING VOL. 3, P. 13-23.

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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