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Deposit Area 1919 - 313
(Last updated 25.jan.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Elvenesskogen
(Object Id : 1919,313,00,00)

Location
County : Troms (19) Municipality : Gratangen (1919)
Map 1:50000: Gratangen (1432-3) Map 1:250000: Narvik
Marking point: Longitude: 17.6251780 Latitude: 68.6777160
EU89-UTM Zone 33 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 606500 m. Y-coord: 7620700 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Silica Sub Type: Quartzite

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 25.jan.2005 by Jan Egil Wanvik)

Mineralization
Era: Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Form:
Main texture: Min. distribution:
Main grain size:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
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Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Province: Caledonides
Geotec.unit: Tromsø Nappe Complex
Tectonic complex: Salangsdekket
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Not defined Quartz Major mineral (>90%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Vest for Elvenes på sørsiden av Gratangsbotn krysser Salangen-kvartsitten fjorden. Selmer-Olsen (1959) beskrev at lagtykkelsen av de gode lag var en til to meter og med urene kvartsitter for øvrig.

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Selmer-Olsen, R. 1959: Rapport fra befaring av kvartsforekomster i Nordland og Troms. NGU bergarkivrapport 5833.


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