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Deposit Area 2017 - 036
(Last updated 02.mai.2007)

Name of Deposit Area : Raudfjell
(Object Id : 2017,036,00,00)

Location
County : Finnmark (20) Municipality : Kvalsund (2017)
Map 1:50000: Repparfjorden (1935-1) Map 1:250000: Honningsvåg
Marking point: Longitude: 24.3216990 Latitude: 70.4252290
EU89-UTM Zone 34 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 624152 m. Y-coord: 7816686 m.

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

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 11.apr.2007 by Jan Sverre Sandstad)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1989 - 1989 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Orthomagmatic formation Form: Lens
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Disseminated (<20 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
Province: Caledonian Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Komagfjord-Repparfjord Greenstone Belt
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Pyroxene Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Serpentine Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Chlorite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Chromite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Ultramafic rock Intrusive
Original rock :Pyroxenite
Metamorphic facies :Greenschist

Information(s) in free text format
Free text
Dette er den eneste lokaliteten i området hvor det ser ut til å være sprengt noe tidligere. Fin- til middelkornet ultramafisk bergart dominere i området. Lokalt er den svært finkornet, tektonisert og dels serpentinisert. De tektoniserte linsene er omtrent 1 m mektige og opptil 10 m lange. De fører svak disseminasjon av kromitt?, magnetitt og magnetkis.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
HO-17-128 Bedrock
Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :1
Comment :Ultramafitt, svært finkornet og massiv med tynn stikk, noe dissminert kromitt? og svak disseminason av magnetkis.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:

Name of Locality : Raudfjell SV
(Object Id : 2017,036,01,00)

Location
County : Finnmark (20) Municipality : Kvalsund (2017)
Map 1:50000: Repparfjorden (1935-1) Map 1:250000: Honningsvåg
Marking point: Longitude: 24.3161960 Latitude: 70.4243400
EU89-UTM Zone 34 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 623952 m. Y-coord: 7816576 m.

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


Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
HO-17-126 Bedrock
Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :1
Comment :Ultramafitt, finkornet og grønnsvart, kraftig deformert, kloritt/serpentin på sprekkeflater og med noe disseminert magneititt.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
HO-17-127 Bedrock
Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :1
Comment :Ultramafitt, fin- til middelskornet, massiv, serpentinårer, rustflekker og svak disseminasjon av magnetkis.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 2017 - 036 Raudfjell

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#
HO-17-126 Bedrock 17 27 10 60 646 .1 5.0
HO-17-127 Bedrock 60 28 3 45 621 .2 8.0
HO-17-128 Bedrock 6 23 2 156 1324 .1 6.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# Rh# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi*
HO-17-126 2.0 4.0 2.0 2 1.0 1 1.00 2 2
HO-17-127 5.0 2.0 2.0 3 1.0 17 1.00 3 2
HO-17-128 4.0 4.0 2.0 5 1.0 1 1.00 2 8
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Sample No. S% V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr*
HO-17-126 .02 14 929 585 9.52 2.00 5.00 1 1.0
HO-17-127 .02 36 1286 801 4.18 1.00 5.00 1 4.0
HO-17-128 .07 21 2398 498 5.75 1.00 5.00 1 1.0
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Sample No. La* B* Na* Mg* Al* P* K * Ca* Ti*
HO-17-126 2.00 24 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
HO-17-127 2.00 34 0 12 1 0 0 0 0
HO-17-128 2.00 92 0 22 0 0 0 0 0


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