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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Deposit Area 1142 - 602
(Last updated 08.jul.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Dalaker
(Object Id : 1142,602,00,00)

Location
County : Rogaland (11) Municipality : Rennesøy (1142)
Map 1:50000: Rennesøy (1213-3) Map 1:250000: Haugesund
Marking point: Longitude: 5.7090360 Latitude: 59.1081990
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 311569 m. Y-coord: 6556745 m.

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

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Economical: Could be significant , (Confirmed 13.nov.2006 by Bjørn Lund)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification :Dry-wall stone Colour :Dark gray
Play of colours : Uniformity :
Lithology :Amphibolite Grain size :Fine - medium grained (<1mm - 3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing typeprøve fra bruddet"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
Regular production Company/Institution :Mesta
Befart 2005

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

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Mineral banding

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bruddet drives periodevis på en amfibolitt av Mesta. Bruken synes å være til stor og små blokk til veiformal. Bergarten har god benking og er god egnet til formålet. Ressursene er ikke vurdert, men er trolig ganske stor.
Location
Bruddet ligger ved Dalaker sentralt på Rennesøy og ca. 2 mil fra Stavanger.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Utskutt blokk fra brudd like ved"
Photo no. 2 showing Bruddfront sett mot øst"


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