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Deposit Area 402 - 603
(Last updated 08.jul.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Gropa
(Object Id : 0402,603,00,00)

Location
County : Hedmark (04) Municipality : Kongsvinger (0402)
Map 1:50000: Kongsvinger (2015-2) Map 1:250000: Torsby
Marking point: Longitude: 12.0755990 Latitude: 60.1417390
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 670774 m. Y-coord: 6671173 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: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Economical: Part of the deposit significant , (Confirmed 02.nov.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 02.nov.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Håndstuff Classification :Massive blocks Colour :Red
Play of colours : Uniformity :Good
Lithology :Rhyolite Grain size :Fine - medium grained (<1mm - 3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Deposit rock
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Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Foliation Strike/Dip :346 / 26

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er rød rhyolitt med en ganske klar foliasjon. Denne er årsak til at her er produsert endel murestein, men hovedproduktet fra bruddet har vært nedknuste masser (grus og pukk).
Location
Forekomsten ligger ca. 6 km SSØ for Kongsvinger sentrum. Kongsvingerbanen mot Magnor og Sverige går bare 300 m VSV for bruddet.

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


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