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Deposit Area 1804 - 620
(Last updated 05.okt.2012)

Name of Deposit Area : Kvikstadheia
(Object Id : 1804,620,00,00)

Location
County : Nordland (18) Municipality : Bodø (1804)
Map 1:50000: Misvær (2029-2) Map 1:250000: Bodø
Marking point: Longitude: 14.8548750 Latitude: 67.2081970
EU89-UTM Zone 33 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 493726 m. Y-coord: 7454596 m.

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

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Economical: Could be significant , (Confirmed 13.sep.2010 by Leif Furuhaug)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 13.sep.2010 by Leif Furuhaug)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification :Cleaved slabs Colour :Dark gray
Play of colours : Uniformity :
Lithology :Banded gneiss Grain size :Fine - medium grained (<1mm - 3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"
Photo no. 2 showing Mur i Kirkegata, Bodø"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
2006 Regular production Company/Institution :Din Anleggsgartner i Nordland A/S

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:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :220 / 70

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en amfibolittisk gneis med spredte lyse bånd. Lag av glimmer (mest muskovitt) gjør bergarten skifrig og gjør den aktuell som murestein. Stein tas ut etter behov og brukes kun på det lokale markedet. Bruddet har vært drevet siden 2006. På grunn av vinterbeite for rein i området, drives bruddet bare i sommerhalvåret, fra 15.03. - 15.10.
Location
Bruddet ligger øverst i Hogndalen 8-900 m SV for høyeste punkt på R812 mot Misvær. Det ligger helt inntil veien på NV-siden.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Vegskjæring ved bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Oversiktsbilde"

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Solli, A.; Farrow, C.M.; Gjelle, S. , 1992
Misvær. Berggrunnskart; Misvær; 20292; 1:50 000; trykt i farger;
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;KART

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
1804620 Hand specimen
Sampler :Rolv Dahl/...Stored :NGU/...Size(kg) :1


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