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Deposit Area 2030 - 038
(Last updated 04.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Holmstraumvatnet
(Object Id : 2030,038,00,00)

Location
County : Finnmark (20) Municipality : Sør-Varanger (2030)
Map 1:50000: Høybuktmoen (2434-3) Map 1:250000: Kirkenes
Marking point: Longitude: 29.8303590 Latitude: 69.5874240
EU89-UTM Zone 36 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 376669 m. Y-coord: 7723062 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Sub Type: Iron
Element(s): Fe
Production
Activity: Exploration Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 04.feb.2005 by Peter Ihlen)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1996 - 1996 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Archean Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Sedex Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 75 / 55 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Archean Period:
Province: Troms-Finnmark Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Brannfjell Group Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Amphibole Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Epidote Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Magnetite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Amphibolite Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Foliation Strike/Dip :75 / 55 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :75 / 55 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Den jernmalmførende amfibolitthorisonten fra Skalvejavre (FI0275) forløper nord for Holmstraumvatnet, og fortsetter østover mot Langfjordvatnet. "Hovedskjerpet (ikke røsket): I SØ-kanten av et vann er det blottet tre horisonter av finkornig kvartsbåndet magnetitt-mineralisering med amfibol og noe epidot (prøve 01). Den SØ-ligste malmhorisont (med svovelkis-disseminasjon) er minst 4 m mektig (noe overdekket), så 7 m mektig amfibolitt, 2 m mektig jernmalm, 4 m mektig amfibolitt, og den NV-ligste jernmalm som er 1 m mektig. D.v.s. tre malmhorisonter over en mektighet på 18 m. Skjerp 1 (ikke røsket): Like SØ for lite tjern er det blottet en 5 - 6 m mektig jernmalmhorisont. Det er mulig at malmsonene i de to lokalitetene er sammenhengende. Malmsonen fortsetter videre østover, men ligger lenger nord enn plottet på geologisk kart, 1 : 50 000 Høybuktmoen.

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Iversen, E. 1990: Kartblad 2434 III - Høybuktmoen, kartbladbeskrivelse. Int. rapp. 2170. Prospektering A/S.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
FI0276.01 Bedrock
Sampler :Wilberg, R./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Fine grained, quartz banded mt. min.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:

Name of Locality : Skjerp 1
(Object Id : 2030,038,01,00)

Location
County : Finnmark (20) Municipality : Sør-Varanger (2030)
Map 1:50000: Høybuktmoen (2434-3) Map 1:250000: Kirkenes
Marking point: Longitude: 29.8421080 Latitude: 69.5887590
EU89-UTM Zone 36 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 377134 m. Y-coord: 7723188 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Sub Type: Iron
Element(s): Fe
Production
Activity: Exploration Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:


Information(s) in free text format
Free text
Skjerp 1 (ikke røsket): Like SØ for lite tjern er det blottet en 5 - 6 m mektig jernmalmhorisont. Det er mulig at malmsonene i de to lokalitetene er sammenhengende.


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 2030 - 038 Holmstraumvatnet

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#
FI0276.01 Bedrock 87 12 -3 -1 2 -.3 4.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# Rh# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi*
FI0276.01 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -2 -.2 10 -1.00 2 -2
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Sample No. V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr* La*
FI0276.01 9 4 376 24.33 4.00 -5.00 -2 7.0 2.00
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Sample No. B*
FI0276.01 -3


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