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Deposit Area 1702 - 607
(Last updated 08.jul.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Kokkås
(Object Id : 1702,607,00,00)

Location
County : Nord-Trøndelag (17) Municipality : Steinkjer (1702)
Map 1:50000: Snåsavatnet (1723-2) Map 1:250000: Grong
Marking point: Longitude: 11.7267280 Latitude: 64.0455620
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 633121 m. Y-coord: 7104940 m.

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

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Economical: Significant , (Confirmed 13.okt.2009 by Leif Furuhaug)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 13.okt.2009 by Leif Furuhaug)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification :Cleaved slabs Colour :
Play of colours : Uniformity :
Lithology : Grain size :

Photo no. 1 showing Gneis"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
2007 Test mining Company/Institution :Gaundal

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:
Province:
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Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :215 / 30

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en finkornet gneis med vekslende lag av biotitt og sandstein. Fargen på bruddflatene er grå med mørke striper. Den brytes for å bruke som murestein, men synes ikke å være av topp kvalitet. Bergarten har relativt dårlig kløv, enkelte steder smuldrer den lett opp og fargen er litt kjedelig. Det er brutt fjell i ca. 50 m lengde langs veien og skjæringen i bakkant er minst 10 m høy.
Location
Forekomsten ligger ved en kommunal vei (nr. 274) mellom Røysing via Ramstad mot Stod. Avstand fra Røysing er 3,4 km.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Bruddveggen"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
1702607 Hand specimen
Sampler :Leif Furuhaug/...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Gneis


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