Mine detail: Flaat Nickel Mine

Previously called 'Flaad Nickel MineEvje Grube'

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Location: Vestfold, Norway, Europe
Lat / long: 58.60575, 7.88858
dep_id: 10038236
mrds_id: M045543
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt, Palladium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gold, Platinum, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Apatite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: ELONGATED POD
alteration: Granitic Dikes Cut Ore Body; Produce Millerite, Magnetite, Hematite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Assemblage
ore_ctrl: Ore Body (Plate-Shape) May Parallel Fold Axes
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Norite,Amphibolite
Structure: 2 Sets Of Folds; Nw-Se, N-S, Faults With Negligible Movement
Year first produced: 1872
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • 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
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