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Deposit Area 2030 - 056
(Last updated 04.feb.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Øvre Neiden
(Object Id : 2030,056,00,00)

Location
County : Finnmark (20) Municipality : Sør-Varanger (2030)
Map 1:50000: Neiden (2334-2) Map 1:250000: Kirkenes
Marking point: Longitude: 29.2526190 Latitude: 69.6867960
EU89-UTM Zone 36 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 354891 m. Y-coord: 7735398 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)

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: 5 / 65 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Archean Period:
Province: Troms-Finnmark Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Amphibole Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Magnetite Major mineral (>10%)

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 :5 / 65 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :5 / 65 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Mineraliseringen ligger i den jernmalmførende, utholdende amfibolitthorisonten mellom Cizzejavri/Oaivit og Ferdesmyra/Notsynene, hvori opptrer kvartsbåndede magnetitt-mineraliseringer av et par meters mektighet.

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Iversen, E. 1989: Kartblad Neiden (2334 II). Feltarbeider 1989. Int. rapp. 2074. Prospektering A/S.


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