Porsgrunn municipality

Mineral resources3

Exploration permits3

Extraction permits0

Mineral resources

Deposit, prospect and province of metals and industrial minerals in Porsgrunn municipality.

Name NGU's designation for deposit, prospect and province	Raw material Raw material refers to the type of mineral resource. This does not exclude the possibility of multiple mineral resources.	Classification The dataset consists of NGU classifications.	Competing interests The Directorate of Mining has selected a set of competing interests that may afflect the potensial to develop the deposit for production. The selection is not exhaustive and does not indicate the degree of impact of each factor.	Infrastructure DMF has selected infrastructure factors that may be advantageous to develop a deposit for production. The selection is not exhaustive and is based on publicly available information from other authorities.
Bjørntvet	Limestone	Regional significance	Ingen naturvern funnet. Responsibility species, Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance, Alien species Ingen kulturminner funnet Ingen reindrift funnet	County road, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Road Bratsbergbanen, Bratsbergbanen (gammel trasé), Brevikbanen, Vestfoldbanen, Vestfoldbanen spor mot Brevikbanen Distribution network, Power grid infrastructure, Regional network, Transmission network
Bjørntvet Municipality: Porsgrunn County: Telemark (In Norwegian only) Bjørntvet kalksteinsbrudd ligger like ved bebyggelsen i Porsgrunn by. Avstanden sydover til Norcem´s sementfabrikk på Dalen er ca. 7 km. Forekomsten på Bjørntvet kom i drift i mai 1955. Kalksteinen er av Silurisk alder ( ca. 40 mill. år yngre enn "Dalen Read more at NGU Registration type: Deposit Main rock type: (In Norwegian only) Mergelstein, Sandstein Mineral permits: More about the mineral resource Competing interests Nature conservation No Species of national significance Yes Responsibility species, Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance, Alien species Cultural heritage No Reindeer husbandry No Infrastructure Road Yes County road, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Road Airport No Railway network Yes Bratsbergbanen, Bratsbergbanen (gammel trasé), Brevikbanen, Vestfoldbanen, Vestfoldbanen spor mot Brevikbanen Power grid infrastructure Yes Distribution network, Power grid infrastructure, Regional network, Transmission network
Dalen	Limestone	National significance	Other protection, Nature conservation Responsibility species, Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance Ingen kulturminner funnet Ingen reindrift funnet	European route, County road, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Road Brevikbanen, Brevikbanen Sidespor Tangenkaia Power grid infrastructure, Regional network, Transmission network
Dalen Municipality: Porsgrunn County: Telemark (In Norwegian only) I 1916 ble A/S Dalen Portland Cementfabrikk (DPC) etablert basert på kalkstein fra Dalen kalksteinsbrudd, Brevik. Dagbruddsdriften fortsatte fram til 1960. Etter den tid ble det nødvendig med overgang til underjordsdrift. I 1968 fusjonerte DPC med de to Read more at NGU Registration type: Deposit Main rock type: (In Norwegian only) Kalkstein Mineral permits: More about the mineral resource Competing interests Nature conservation Yes Other protection, Nature conservation Species of national significance Yes Responsibility species, Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance Cultural heritage No Reindeer husbandry No Infrastructure Road Yes European route, County road, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Road Airport No Railway network Yes Brevikbanen, Brevikbanen Sidespor Tangenkaia Power grid infrastructure Yes Power grid infrastructure, Regional network, Transmission network
Kjørholdt	Limestone	National significance	Ingen naturvern funnet. Ingen arter av nasjonal forvaltningsinteresse funnet. Ingen kulturminner funnet Ingen reindrift funnet	European route, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Road Brevikbanen, Brevikbanen Sidespor Tangenkaia Power grid infrastructure, Regional network
Kjørholdt Municipality: Porsgrunn County: Telemark (In Norwegian only) Gruvene på Kjørholdt (Dalen) blir drevet på en høyverdig kalkstein av mellom-ordovicisk alder (ca. 450 mill. år) som kalles Steinvikformasjonen (tidligere Enkrinitkalk). Steinvikformasjonen har i gjennomsnitt et CaCO3 - innhold på 86 %. Mektigheten på fo Read more at NGU Registration type: Deposit Main rock type: (In Norwegian only) Kalkstein Mineral permits: More about the mineral resource Competing interests Nature conservation No Species of national significance No Cultural heritage No Reindeer husbandry No Infrastructure Road Yes European route, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Road Airport No Railway network Yes Brevikbanen, Brevikbanen Sidespor Tangenkaia Power grid infrastructure Yes Power grid infrastructure, Regional network

Permits to the minerals owned by the State

Exploration and extraction permits in Porsgrunn municipality.

Permit holder	Permit name	Type	Status
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Haukeråsen 1	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Haukeråsen 2	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Kvelde 1	Exploration permit	Approved