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Deposit Area 1854 - 002 | |||||
(Last updated 26.apr.2020) |
Name of Deposit Area : Toppåsen |
(Object Id : 1854,002,00,00) |
Location |
County : | Nordland (18) | Municipality : | Ballangen (1854) |
Map 1:50000: | Skjomen (1331-1) | Map 1:250000: | Narvik |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 16.8447930 | Latitude: | 68.3886200 |
EU89-UTM Zone 33 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 575816 m. | Y-coord: | 7587327 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Sub Type: | Iron | |
Element(s): | Fe |
Production |
Activity: | Test mining | Reserves: | 500 thousand tons | |
Prod. method: | Underground mining | Production: | ,51 thousand tons | |
Prod. status: | Disused, closed | Volume of dump: | 300 m3 |
Importance |
Public: | Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015) |
Economical: | Not classified/evaluated , (Confirmed 01.mar.2005 by Agnes Raaness) |
Products |
Element/product | Crude ore grade or quality | |
FE_MAG | 25.1 % | |
FE_TOT | 34.9 % | |
MNO | 1-7 % | |
P | 0.35 % | |
S | 0.004 % |
Operations |
From - To | Activity | Comments | |
1899 - 1906 | Test mining | Company/Institution :A/S Håfjellets jernfelter | |
1935 - 1945 | Geology | Company/Institution :NGU | |
1976 - 1977 | Geology | Company/Institution :Rana Gruber |
Mineralization |
Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic | |
Dating: | Method: | |||
Genesis: | Sedimentary deposit | Form: | Layer | |
Main texture: | Banded | Min. distribution: | Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals) |
Main grain size: | Medium grained (1-3 mm) | Main alteration: |
Strike/Dip: | 240 / 70 | Direction: | 260 | |
Plunge: | 20 |
Stratigraphic classification of host rock |
Era: | Proterozoic | Period: | Neoproterozoic |
Province: | Caledonides | |
Geotec.unit: | Ofoten Nappe Complex | |
Tectonic complex: | Upper allochthon | |
Igneous complex: |
Group: | Salangen group | Formation: | Håfjell jernformasjon |
Mineralogy |
Relationship | Mineral | Amount | |
Gangue mineral | Garnet | Major mineral (>10%) | |
Gangue mineral | Quartz | Major mineral (>10%) | |
Gangue mineral | Apatite | Subordinate mineral (1-10%) | |
Gangue mineral | Amphibole | Subordinate mineral (1-10%) | |
Gangue mineral | Epidote | Accessory mineral (<1%) | |
Ore mineral | Magnetite | Major mineral (>10%) | |
Ore mineral | Hematite | Major mineral (>10%) |
Lithology: |
Relationship | Rock | Origin | |
Unknown | Amphibolite | Intrusive Original rock :Gabbro |
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Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite | |||
Unknown | Carbonate bearing mica schist | Sedimentary Original rock :Argillaceous sediment |
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Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite | |||
Host rock | Silicious mica schist | Sedimentary Original rock :Greywacke |
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Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite | |||
Wall rock | Calcite marble | Sedimentary Original rock :Limestone |
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Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite |
Structures |
Location: | Type: | Orientation(360 gr.): | Relation to min.: | |
Unknown | Primary layering | Strike/Dip :240 / 70 | Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :None | |
Unknown | Fold axis | Strike/Dip :270 / 20 | Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :Modifies |
Information(s) in free text format |
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Forekomsten ligger i Toppåsen mellom gårdene Toppåsmoen (i dag Nordheim) og Skoglund, et 8-900 m langt drag inkl. omfoldingen. Råmalmgehalten er gitt på basis av et gjennomsnitt av fire prøver analysert og prøvetatt av Lindahl og Sørdal 1992. Toppåsen-forekomsten er sannsynligvis fortykket gjennom en isoklinalfold. Det har vært betydelig aktivitet på Toppåsen forekomsten som er en del av Håfjellets jernformasjon over Hestvikneset - Aspelund - Toppåsen - Underheia - Heia - Vassåsen. På Toppåsmoen er det drevet to stoller, en synk og flere dagstrosser, samt røsking av ca. 15 grøfter over utgående av malmen. i noen av grøftene er det gjort spregninger. Forekomsten ble befart og prøvetatt av T. Sørdal og I. Lindahl 04.09.92. Som grunnlag ved prøvetakingen ble Foslies kart over malmsonen brukt. Det ble tatt 4 prøver, tre fra strossene nærmest gården Skoglund (nordlige drag) og en prøve (4) fra det sørlige malmdraget (omfoldet). |
Bibliography: |
From NGU's Reference Archive: |
Foslie, Steinar , 1949 |
Håfjellsmulden i Ofoten og dens sedimentære jern-mangan-malmer. Søndre Ofotens malmforekomster II. |
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.174;1-129 + f pages |
Abstract: | |
The sedimentary hematite-magnetite ores of marine origin, occurring within the crystalline mica schists of the caledonian mountain of Northern Norway, belong to a characteristic type of iron ore deposits, internationally known as the Dunderland ore type. Such deposits are known from latitude 65 degrees 20' to 69 degrees 40' N, thus covering a distance along the mountain chain of about 550 km. Transversely to this direction, they are known for at most 90 km, but generally much less. It is significant, that they do not occur farther southwards along the mountain chain, nor in its eastern part. The reason seems to be, taht they are connected with the so-called western development or the mountain chain formations, which disappear below the ocean in the Trondheim district. Compared with the eastern development, it is characterized by greater thickness of the sedimentary series, a far more considerable part of crystalline limestones and - so faar as now known - absence of the basic lavas (greenstone formation), which are important in the east and south. It belongs to a more central part of the geosyncline. The southern and greater part of the ore-bearing district is so strongly folded, that it has been difficult to establish the stratigraphic relation between the different deposits or their proper place within the formations. |
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.: |
Søvegjarto, U. 1988: Manuskript angående jernmalmer i Norge (7 kapitler). Kapitlet om "Ofoten-Salangen province". NGU-Internrapp. og Rana Gruber. |
Fieldsamples |
Sample No. | Sample type | Miscellanrous | |||||
JSFE1404 | Bedrock |
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JSFE1405 | Bedrock |
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NO0009.01 | Bedrock |
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NO0009.02 | Bedrock |
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NO0009.03 | Bedrock |
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NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.: |
Name of Locality : Toppåsen røsk |
(Object Id : 1854,002,01,00) |
Location |
County : | Nordland (18) | Municipality : | Ballangen (1854) |
Map 1:50000: | Skjomen (1331-1) | Map 1:250000: | Narvik |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 16.8455980 | Latitude: | 68.3880900 |
EU89-UTM Zone 33 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 575851 m. | Y-coord: | 7587269 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Sub Type: | Iron | |
Element(s): | Fe |
Production |
Activity: | Test mining | Reserves: | 528 thousand tons | |
Prod. method: | Underground mining | Production: | ||
Prod. status: | Disused, closed | Volume of dump: |
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Beliggenhet : 65-95 m.o.h. Tykkelse: 5 m Lengde: 320 m Anslått dybde langs malmfallet: 100 m. Tonnasje: 528 000 t |
Fieldsamples |
Sample No. | Sample type | Miscellanrous | |||||
JSFE1403 | Bedrock |
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NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.: |
Name of Sample point : Skjerp |
(Object Id : 1854,002,01,01) |
Location |
County : | Nordland (18) | Municipality : | Ballangen (1854) |
Map 1:50000: | Skjomen (1331-1) | Map 1:250000: | Narvik |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 16.8445150 | Latitude: | 68.3879580 |
EU89-UTM Zone 33 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 575807 m. | Y-coord: | 7587253 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Sub Type: | Iron | |
Element(s): | Fe |
Fieldsamples |
Sample No. | Sample type | Miscellanrous | ||||
NO0009.04 | Bedrock |
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NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.: |
Name of Locality : Toppåsen stoll |
(Object Id : 1854,002,02,00) |
Location |
County : | Nordland (18) | Municipality : | Ballangen (1854) |
Map 1:50000: | Skjomen (1331-1) | Map 1:250000: | Narvik |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 16.8481410 | Latitude: | 68.3886560 |
EU89-UTM Zone 33 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 575953 m. | Y-coord: | 7587336 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Sub Type: | Iron | |
Element(s): | Fe |
Production |
Activity: | Test mining | Reserves: | 792 thousand tons | |
Prod. method: | Underground mining | Production: | ||
Prod. status: | Disused, closed | Volume of dump: |
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Beliggenhet: 75-100 m.o.h. Tykkelse: 4 m Lengde: 300 m Anslått dybde langs malmfallet: 200 m Tonnasje: 792 000 t |
Fieldsamples |
Sample No. | Sample type | Miscellanrous | |||||
JSFE1401 | Bedrock |
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JSFE1402 | Bedrock |
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NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.: |
Name of Locality : Heståsen strandmalm |
(Object Id : 1854,002,03,00) |
Location |
County : | Nordland (18) | Municipality : | Ballangen (1854) |
Map 1:50000: | Skjomen (1331-1) | Map 1:250000: | Narvik |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 16.8674240 | Latitude: | 68.3925730 |
EU89-UTM Zone 33 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 576732 m. | Y-coord: | 7587796 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Sub Type: | Iron | |
Element(s): | Fe |
Production |
Activity: | Pitting | Reserves: | ||
Prod. method: | Production: | |||
Prod. status: | Not yet active | Volume of dump: |
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Hestvikåsen sørhelling: Beliggenhet: 0-70 m.o.h. Tykkelse: 2,5 m Lengde: 900 m Anslått dybde langs malmfallet: 200 m Tonnasje: 1485000 t Hestvikåsen topp: Beliggenhet: 0-40 m.o.h. Tykkelse: 2 m Lengde: 300 m Anslått dybde langs malmfallet: 100 m Tonnasje: 198000 t. Dette er det samme som Hestvikneset (Aspelund) forekomst. Draget går over Hestvikåsen. |
Name of Locality : SØ for Asplund |
(Object Id : 1854,002,04,00) |
Location |
County : | Nordland (18) | Municipality : | Ballangen (1854) |
Map 1:50000: | Skjomen (1331-1) | Map 1:250000: | Narvik |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 16.8709790 | Latitude: | 68.3914120 |
EU89-UTM Zone 33 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 576882 m. | Y-coord: | 7587671 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) | Sub Type: | Iron | |
Element(s): | Fe |
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Beliggenhet: 0-45 m.o.h. Tykkelse: 3 m Lengde: 600 m Anslått dybde langs malmfallet: 200 m Tonnasje: 1188000 t. |
Analyse Results |
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Deposit Area 1854 - 002 Toppåsen |
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# |
JSFE1401 | Bedrock | 1 | 20 | 5 | 133 | 62 | 107.8 | |
JSFE1402 | Bedrock | 2 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1.8 | |
JSFE1403 | Bedrock | 1 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 9 | 10.1 | |
JSFE1404 | Bedrock | 1 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 1.1 | |
JSFE1405 | Bedrock | 1 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 4 | 11.4 | |
NO0009.01 | Bedrock | 7 | 28 | 3 | 90 | 73 | .6 | 9.0 |
NO0009.02 | Bedrock | 9 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | .1 | 19.0 |
NO0009.03 | Bedrock | 6 | 42 | 2 | 48 | 37 | .2 | 8.0 |
NO0009.04 | Bedrock | 6 | 56 | 2 | 85 | 33 | .2 | 114.0 |
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Sample No. | Pt# | Pd# | As* | Cd* | Ba* | Mo* | Sb* | Bi* | Ga* |
JSFE1401 | 14 | 16 | 0.30 | 15.20 | |||||
JSFE1402 | 6 | 69 | 0.10 | 6.40 | |||||
JSFE1403 | 10 | 21 | 0.20 | 10.50 | |||||
JSFE1404 | 10 | 7 | 0.05 | 8.90 | |||||
JSFE1405 | 13 | 18 | 0.20 | 10.90 | |||||
NO0009.01 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 18 | .8 | 11 | 1.00 | 2 | 11 | |
NO0009.02 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 8 | .2 | 34 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | |
NO0009.03 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4 | .6 | 71 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | |
NO0009.04 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | .2 | 25 | 1.00 | 3 | 2 |
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Sample No. | S% | V* | Cr* | Mn* | Fe% | Th* | U* | W* | Rb* |
JSFE1401 | 45 | 3 | 3.00 | 0.30 | 1.7 | ||||
JSFE1402 | 90 | 3 | 1.60 | 0.40 | 8.4 | ||||
JSFE1403 | 47 | 3 | 2.10 | 0.20 | 0.6 | ||||
JSFE1404 | 144 | 34 | 2.50 | 0.20 | 0.4 | ||||
JSFE1405 | 39 | 14 | 5.70 | 0.20 | 0.6 | ||||
NO0009.01 | .01 | 13 | 12 | 17865 | 10.57 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 1 | |
NO0009.02 | .01 | 20 | 7 | 886 | 10.84 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 1 | |
NO0009.03 | .01 | 39 | 23 | 4691 | 23.54 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 1 | |
NO0009.04 | .01 | 28 | 14 | 6437 | 28.19 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 1 |
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Sample No. | Sr* | Y* | Zr* | Nb* | Ta* | Cs* | La* | Ce* | Pr* |
JSFE1401 | 395.8 | 34.1 | 63 | 4.70 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 16.00 | 31.30 | 4.16 |
JSFE1402 | 273.6 | 24.8 | 44 | 3.70 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 10.00 | 22.20 | 2.86 |
JSFE1403 | 120.3 | 45.8 | 50 | 6.80 | 0.30 | 0.05 | 10.00 | 26.10 | 2.96 |
JSFE1404 | 251.6 | 40.8 | 57 | 18.50 | 1.20 | 0.05 | 15.50 | 34.40 | 4.48 |
JSFE1405 | 726.9 | 8.8 | 96 | 4.80 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 30.30 | 59.30 | 6.58 |
NO0009.01 | 327.0 | 13.00 | |||||||
NO0009.02 | 87.0 | 9.00 | |||||||
NO0009.03 | 410.0 | 12.00 | |||||||
NO0009.04 | 166.0 | 9.00 |
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Sample No. | Nd* | Sm* | Eu* | Gd* | Tb* | Dy* | Ho* | Er* | Tm* |
JSFE1401 | 17.30 | 3.40 | 0.78 | 3.73 | 0.66 | 4.66 | 1.05 | 3.28 | 0.51 |
JSFE1402 | 13.00 | 2.70 | 0.66 | 2.89 | 0.50 | 3.28 | 0.79 | 2.40 | 0.37 |
JSFE1403 | 14.10 | 3.50 | 0.96 | 4.39 | 0.86 | 5.83 | 1.45 | 4.69 | 0.70 |
JSFE1404 | 19.50 | 3.73 | 0.78 | 3.87 | 0.65 | 4.90 | 1.30 | 4.18 | 0.65 |
JSFE1405 | 24.00 | 3.78 | 0.78 | 2.71 | 0.36 | 1.70 | 0.33 | 0.98 | 0.15 |
NO0009.01 | |||||||||
NO0009.02 | |||||||||
NO0009.03 | |||||||||
NO0009.04 |
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Sample No. | Yb* | Lu* | B* | Hf* | |||||
JSFE1401 | 3.58 | 0.64 | 1.30 | ||||||
JSFE1402 | 2.28 | 0.44 | 1.00 | ||||||
JSFE1403 | 4.49 | 0.81 | 1.20 | ||||||
JSFE1404 | 4.41 | 0.79 | 1.10 | ||||||
JSFE1405 | 1.01 | 0.18 | 2.20 | ||||||
NO0009.01 | 2 | ||||||||
NO0009.02 | 2 | ||||||||
NO0009.03 | 2 | ||||||||
NO0009.04 | 2 |
Oxide analyses |
( All values are in % ) |
Sample No. | Sample Type | SiO2 | Al2O3 | TiO2 | Fe2O3 | MnO | MgO | CaO |
JSFE1401 | Bedrock | 32.68 | 3.63 | 0.29 | 43.50 | 7.27 | 2.57 | 6.21 |
JSFE1402 | Bedrock | 39.62 | 2.03 | 0.16 | 43.35 | 1.27 | 1.80 | 5.35 |
JSFE1403 | Bedrock | 35.66 | 3.37 | 0.20 | 49.09 | 5.45 | 1.84 | 2.78 |
JSFE1404 | Bedrock | 7.61 | 1.49 | 0.81 | 82.00 | 1.91 | 1.18 | 2.82 |
JSFE1405 | Bedrock | 39.65 | 5.85 | 0.25 | 31.57 | 1.21 | 4.06 | 8.48 |
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Sample No. | Na2O | K2O | P2O5 | Loss | Sum | ||||
JSFE1401 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.64 | 2.21 | 99.00 | ||||
JSFE1402 | 0.54 | 0.20 | 0.66 | 4.46 | 99.00 | ||||
JSFE1403 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.60 | 0.22 | 99.00 | ||||
JSFE1404 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.97 | 0.63 | 100.00 | ||||
JSFE1405 | 3.89 | 0.08 | 0.36 | 4.39 | 100.00 |
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