Sogn Area

Occurrence in Norway with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008253
MRDS ID D000262
Record type Site
Current site name Sogn Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 5.50298, 61.2489 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Norway(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Norway

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 5.50298, 61.2489

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IMPREGNATIONS OF MAGNETITE AND ILMENITE IN CHLORITE SCHIST, CONCENTRATIONS IN GABBROIC AND ECLOGITIC ROCKS, LENSES IN ANORTHOSITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL PROBABLY SMALL (LESS THAN 100,000 SHORT TONS V) GRADES VARY, 10-30% FE, 0.5-50% TIO2, AND PROBABLY 0.1-1.0% V2O5; 0.62-1.54 CR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEIS, H-P., MINERALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, V. 3, NO. 3, 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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