Bamle Area

Occurrence in Norway with commodities Iron, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal
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 10008255
MRDS ID D000264
Record type Site
Current site name Bamle Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 9.00274, 58.49879 (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
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 9.00274, 58.49879

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS BUT SMALL LENS AND LAYERS IN GABBROIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL IS PROBABLY SMALL (LESS THAN 100,000 SHORT TONS V). V AV. 0.45-0.5% (0.8-0.9% V2O5) IS PROBABLY HIGHEST IN NORWAY, BUT NO DATA GIVEN ON FE CONTENT OF "ORE", AND TIO2 CONTENT APPARENTLY VARIES

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.