Søve Mine, Fen complex, Nome, Telemark, Norway

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(Søve gruve, Fensfeltet, Nome, Telemark, Norge)

A niobium mine, operated from 1956 to 1965. The ore was a pyrochlore-bearing (0.5%) apatite-calcite-magnetite rock with minor amounts of pyrite. Access to the mine is blocked because the headframe collapsed into the shaft below it.

References:
- Grenne, T., Ihlen, P.M., and Vokes, F.M. (1999): Scandinavian Caledonide Metallogeny in a plate tectonic perspective. Mineralium Deposita 34, 422-471.

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Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Calcite
Diaoyudaoite
Fersmite

Hibonite
Loparite-(Ce)
Magnetite
Perovskite

Perrierite-(Ce)
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Spinel

13 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:

Norway

Telemark

Nome

Fen complex

Søve Mine

Slag dumps (Slag locality)

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