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Deposit Area 1902 - 010
(Last updated 07.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Mjelde
(Object Id : 1902,010,00,00)

Location
County : Troms (19) Municipality : Tromsø (1902)
Map 1:50000: Tussøya (1434-2) Map 1:250000: Tromsø
Marking point: Longitude: 18.4863790 Latitude: 69.5577670
EU89-UTM Zone 34 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 402045 m. Y-coord: 7718571 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Sub Type: Molybdenium
Element(s): Mo
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 2 m3

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 07.feb.2005 by Peter Ihlen)

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Pegmatite formation Form: Lens
Main texture: Fracture filling Min. distribution: Irregular (scattered)
Main grain size: Coarse grained (> 3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 90 / 90 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Potassic feldspar Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Plagioclase Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Gangue mineral Muscovite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Molybdenite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock granittpegmatitt Intrusive
Original rock :Granite
Wall rock kvarts-feltspatgneis Sedimentary
Original rock :Siltstone
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Wall rock Joints/Fractures Strike/Dip :90 / 90 Pre-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Den mineraliserte granittpegmatitten (prøve 01 og 02) ligger 395 m.o.h. i fjellsida øst for Brokselva. Den er delvis blottet over en Ø-V (og steil?)-strøklengde på ca. 20 m. Mektigheten er 6-7 m. En god del grove flak av molybdenglans opptrer spredt i hele gangen, som hovedsaklig består av kalifeltspat og kvarts (ikke sonert, men endel partier med ren kvarts), med mindre mengder plagioklas og muskovitt. Det er sprengt litt (et par m3) i gangen. Det skjedde iflg. lokalfolk i ca. 1930. Det er også blottet flere pegmatittganger, samt at det er pegmatittblokker i nærheten, uten molybdenglans.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
TR0203.01 Bedrock
Sampler :Wilberg, R./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Granittpegm. med MoS2-diss.
TR0203.02 Bedrock
Sampler :Wilberg, R./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Granittpegm. med MoS2-diss.


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