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Deposit Area 420 - 602
(Last updated 08.jul.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Grasmo
(Object Id : 0420,602,00,00)

Location
County : Hedmark (04) Municipality : Eidskog (0420)
Map 1:50000: Kongsvinger (2015-2) Map 1:250000: Torsby
Marking point: Longitude: 12.1402600 Latitude: 60.0592920
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 674798 m. Y-coord: 6662166 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Sandstone and conglomerate Sub Type: Quartzite
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
Murestein Classification :Massive blocks Colour :
Play of colours : Uniformity :
Lithology :Quartzite Grain size :Fine grained (< 1 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

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 :322 / 46

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten her er grå kvartsitt eller kvartsrik rhyolitt. Det er presset og delvis skifrig, og endel blokk sorteres ut for muring. Ellers er hovedproduktene fra bruddet knust stein (grus og pukk).
Location
Bruddet ligger 15 km SSØ for Kongsvinger i Eidsskog kommune. Søndre Åklangen er lang innsjø som går i N-S retning, og bruddet ligger like øst for denne rett over for tettstedet Sandnes i søndre ende av sjøen.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Utsortert blokk for muring"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
4026020001 Hand specimen
Sampler :Bjørn Lund/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :1


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