Skien municipality

Mineral resources1

Exploration permits18

Extraction permits0

Mineral resources

Deposit, prospect and province of metals and industrial minerals in Skien 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.
Fossum Jernverk	Iron		Nature reserve, Nature conservation Responsibility species, Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance, Alien species Cultural monument, Cultural heritage, Site, Protection zone Ingen reindrift funnet	County road, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Forest road, Road Bratsbergbanen Distribution network, Power grid infrastructure, Regional network, Transmission network
Fossum Jernverk Municipality: Skien County: Telemark (In Norwegian only) Fossum Jernverk (kilde: A.O. Larsen, 1993) Jernverksdriften i Fossum ble startet i 1543 av den tyske bergmesteren Hans Glaser etter at han i 1538 fant jernmalm i området nord for Skien. "…. særdeles god og rikholdig malm og beliggende ½ mil fra Skien. Ga Read more at NGU Registration type: Province Main rock type: (In Norwegian only) Amfibolitt, Granittisk gneis, Kvartsitt, Leirskifer, Ryolitt Mineral permits: Released Exploration permit Exploration report: Report, Exploration report More about the mineral resource Competing interests Nature conservation Yes Nature reserve, Nature conservation Species of national significance Yes Responsibility species, Species of national significance, Species of high significance, Species of very high significance, Alien species Cultural heritage Yes Cultural monument, Cultural heritage, Site, Protection zone Reindeer husbandry No Infrastructure Road Yes County road, Municipal road, Private road, National Road, Forest road, Road Airport No Railway network Yes Bratsbergbanen Power grid infrastructure Yes Distribution network, Power grid infrastructure, Regional network, Transmission network

Permits to the minerals owned by the State

Exploration and extraction permits in Skien municipality.

Permit holder	Permit name	Type	Status
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Fiskebekkåsen 1	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Fiskebekkåsen 2	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Haukeråsen 1	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Haukeråsen 2	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Haukeråsen 3	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Moelva 1	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Moelva 2	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Moelva 3	Exploration permit	Approved
Fritzøe Skoger AS	Skåråfjell 1	Exploration permit	Approved
MEMETIC AS	Linland 32	Exploration permit	Approved
Mineral Holding AS	Fensfeltet 1	Exploration permit	Approved
Norway Minerals AS	Vasslaus 1	Exploration permit	Approved
Norway Minerals AS	Vasslaus 2	Exploration permit	Approved
Norway Minerals AS	Vasslaus 3	Exploration permit	Approved
Rare Earths Norway AS	Nome 5	Exploration permit	Approved
REE EXPLORATION AS	FENS BUKTA 2	Exploration permit	Approved
REE EXPLORATION AS	FENS BUKTA 3	Exploration permit	Approved
REE EXPLORATION AS	FENS BUKTA 4	Exploration permit	Approved