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THE ORE DATABASE
Deposit Area 2030 - 121
(Last updated 26.jan.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Ferdesbekken
(Object Id : 2030,121,00,00)

Location
County : Finnmark (20) Municipality : Sør-Varanger (2030)
Map 1:50000: Kirkenes (2434-2) Map 1:250000: Kirkenes
Marking point: Longitude: 29.3099490 Latitude: 69.7152150
EU89-UTM Zone 36 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 357300 m. Y-coord: 7738427 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: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated , (Confirmed 26.jan.2005 by Agnes Raaness)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1960 - 1960 Geophysics 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: 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%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Jernmalmhorisonten ligger under overdekke vest for Ferdesbekken og SV for Ferdly. Den er påvist med flymagnetiske målinger, men er ikke videre undersøkt.


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