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Deposit Area 1644 - 040
(Last updated 08.nov.2023)

Name of Deposit Area : Blåhenbekken
(Object Id : 1644,040,00,00)

Location
County : Sør-Trøndelag (16) Municipality : Holtålen (1644)
Map 1:50000: Ålen (1720-4) Map 1:250000: Røros
Marking point: Longitude: 11.4820250 Latitude: 62.9076970
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 626094 m. Y-coord: 6977737 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Sub Type: Copper
Element(s): Cu
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 5 m3

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1997 - 1997 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Volcex Form:
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration: Silicification
Strike/Dip: 350 / 90 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Province: Caledonides
Geotec.unit: Trondheim Nappe Complex
Tectonic complex: Meråker Nappe
Igneous complex:
Group: Fundsjø Formation: Hersjø

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Amphibolite Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Wall rock Mineral banding Strike/Dip :225 / 60 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :None

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Blåhenbekken skjerp"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
JS97003 Dump
Sampler :Sandstad, J.S./...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :2
Comment :po malm, semi-massiv, po+cpy strenger, kvartsrik grunnmasse.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
JS97004 Dump
Sampler :Sandstad, J.S./...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :2
Comment :py min., svært svak diss. i middelskornet kvartsrik bergart.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
399841 Dump
Sampler :MINDEX ASA
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 1644 - 040 Blåhenbekken

Element analyses

( *=parts pr. million, #=parts pr.billion, Negative values means below detection limit value.)
Sample No. Sample Type Cu* Zn* Pb* Co* Ni* Ag* Au#
JS97003 Dump 831 335 13 91 538 2.4 36.0
JS97004 Dump 147 61 21 9 31 .8 6.0
399841 Dump 4718 81000 36 221 63 36.3 17.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi* S%
JS97003 6.0 40.0 27 4.8 6 48.00 -3 -3 17.53
JS97004 2.0 5.0 2 .4 4 5.00 -3 -3 .94
399841 1100 133.9 2 4.00 5 124
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Sample No. V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr* La*
JS97003 175 83 94 27.63 4.00 -8.00 -2 4.0 2.00
JS97004 17 7 31 1.68 -2.00 -8.00 -2 4.0 -1.00
399841 1 25 124 10.00 2.0 0.50
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Sample No. B* Ti*
JS97003 -3
JS97004 -3
399841 100


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