Mine detail: Flaat Nickel Mine

Previously called 'Flaad Nickel MineEvje Grube'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.60575, 7.88858

Resource(B)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Cobalt, Palladium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gold, Platinum, Silver
Ore:	Apatite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	ELONGATED POD
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1872

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Norite,Amphibolite
Structure:	2 Sets Of Folds; Nw-Se, N-S, Faults With Negligible Movement
Alteration processes:	Granitic Dikes Cut Ore Body; Produce Millerite, Magnetite, Hematite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Assemblage

References

MRDS	M045543
DEP	10038236
Reference	{Deposit:: BJORLYKKE, 1947, NORGES GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 168B, P. 31}{Deposit:: BARTH, 1947, NORGES GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 168A, P. 71}{Deposit:: FOSLIE AND HORST, 1932, NORGES GEOL. UNDERS., NO. 137}{Deposit:: BEYSCHLAG, VOGT, TRVSCOTT, 1914, THE DEPOSITS OF USEFUL MINERALS AND ROCKS, P. 296-297}{Production:: BEYSCHLAG, ET.AL., 1914; BJORLYKKLE, 1947}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.