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Deposit Area 1238 - 607
(Last updated 08.jul.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Skålheim
(Object Id : 1238,607,00,00)

Location
County : Hordaland (12) Municipality : Kvam (1238)
Map 1:50000: Strandebarm (1215-1) Map 1:250000: Bergen
Marking point: Longitude: 6.1641140 Latitude: 60.3770760
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 343657 m. Y-coord: 6696770 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: Local Importance (reg. 28.02.2017)
Economical: Significant , (Confirmed 10.feb.2015 by Leif Furuhaug)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 10.feb.2015 by Leif Furuhaug)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification :Cleaved slabs Colour :Gray
Play of colours : Uniformity :
Lithology :Gneiss Grain size :Medium grained (1-3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Deposit rock
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Stratigraphic classification of host rock
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Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :330 / 20

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en middelskornet grå, båndet gneis bestående av hovedmineralene feltspat og kvarts. Også endel mm-store korn av rød granat finnes i bergarten, og den har tydelig foliasjon. Her produseres murestein til grovere murer, og det som ikke kan brukes til murer blir knust og brukes som pukk.
Location
Bruddet ligger 7-800 m NV for Nordheimsund sentrum. Bruddområdet dekker et areal på vel 20 mål.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Annen del av bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Fra bruddet"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
12386070001 Hand specimen
Sampler :Leif Furuhaug/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :1


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