Engebøfjellet rutile deposit
RutilNett
Engebøfjellet is a 2.5 km long body of rutile-bearing eclogite located at the north side of Førdefjord, W. Norway in Naustdal municipality,Sogn og Fjordane county.
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The deposit was investigated for rutile in 1995-97 in a collaboration project between the American titanium pigment producer DuPont, the oil company Conoco that at that time was owned by DuPont, and NGU.
Based on 15,000 m of core drilling 300 million tons of rutile-bearing eclogite averaging 4% rutile has been identified; additional "possible ore resources" are very large.
The DuPont/Conoco/NGU project was closed at the end of 1997; since then various unsuccessful attempts has been done to promote the continuation of the project.
A working group "RutilNett" has been set up to promote the further development of the deposit coordinated by county geologist Bjørn Russenes.
- Bjørn Russenes, Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune, bjorn.falck.russenes@sf-f.kommune.no
- Are Korneliussen, NGU, email