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Deposit Area 1160 - 603
(Last updated 08.jul.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Helgaland I
(Object Id : 1160,603,00,00)

Location
County : Rogaland (11) Municipality : Vindafjord (1160)
Map 1:50000: Etne (1214-2) Map 1:250000: Haugesund
Marking point: Longitude: 5.8656090 Latitude: 59.5632970
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 322914 m. Y-coord: 6606956 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Gneiss Sub Type: Gneiss
Brickstone(Y/N):
Production
Activity: Stone quarrying Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit mining Production:
Prod. status: Disused, closed Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Economical: Significant , (Confirmed 12.mar.2008 by Bjørn Lund)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification :Dry-wall stone Colour :Gray
Play of colours : Uniformity :
Lithology :Gneiss Grain size :Medium - coarse grained (1 - >3mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Typeprøve"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
2000 Regular production Company/Institution :Vikedal mur og anlegg
Grunneier: Andreas Helgevold. Virksomheten er på 1/2 årsverk

Deposit rock
Lithology: Weathering colour:
Era: Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Form:
Main texture:
Main grain size: Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Period:
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Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :0 / 0

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en båndet grå gneis som ligger like ved hovedvei. Bruddet er forholdsvis lite og ligger i lett skrånende terreng. Hovedproduktet er mellomstor og stor blokk.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Bruk av murestein fra bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Detalj av tørrmur"
Photo no. 3 showing Ferdig lagt tørrmur"
Photo no. 4 showing Bruddområde"


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