Latitude: 58°20'N
Longitude: 6°25'E
Large anorthosite-hosted ilmenite deposit: Ti, Fe, V, (Cr, Mn, Ni).
Several titanium and iron mine mostly worked as open pits are owned by A/S Titania. Mining was started here in 1902. About 8 tonn ore was produced in 2004 together with 11 tonn of ore concentrate.
References
- Gierth, E. & Krause, H. (1973): Die Ilmenitlagerstätte Tellnes (Süd-Norwegen). Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53: 359-402
- Gierth, E. & Krause, H. (1974): Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway. No 57. Baddelyit von Tellnes. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 54: 193-197
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 79.
- Duchesne, J.C. (1999): Fe-Ti deposits in Rogaland anorthosites (South Norway): geochemical characteristics and problems of interpretation. Mineralium Deposita 34, 182-198.
- Charlier et al. (2007): Ilmenite composition in the Tellnes Fe-Ti deposit, SW Norway: fractional crystallization, postcumulus evolution and ilmenite-zircon relation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 154, 119-134.
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