FOCUS NGU FOCUS NO. 1 2020

Quar- rying has taken place in various locations and today operations are ongoing in the world’s largest quartzite quarry in Tana on the North Norwegian coast, at Mårnes south

The Bidjovagge deposit is hosted by a Paleoproterozoic shear zone, and recently completed high resolution geophysical surveys of most of northern Norway have identified an

The most significant of these is the Nussir deposit in the Repparfjord tectonic window (RTW) with indicated and inferred resources of 64.3 Mt of copper ore with average grade of

The AMCG complexes carry apatite (ap)-rich intrusions of nelsonites and pyroxenites to leuconorites of Paleo- (LVMC, JVNC), Meso- (JVNC) and Neoproterozoic age (RAP, LN,

The most significant deposits are (1) the Tellnes ilmenite deposit (in operation) and (2) combined ap- atite, ilmenite and vanadium-rich titanomagnetite, both in the Ro-

Historically graphite has been produced from three mines of which one, Skaland Graphite, is the only current producer.. The Norwegian graphite depos- its are all of flake

Mining of copper and zinc from massive sulfide deposits has a long tradition in Norway, with more than 450 years of production.. Major mining districts included Røros,

Mining operations commenced at Espedalen and Ertelia in the 1840s and with in- creased production in the following years from several mines, Norway became the world’s major