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Deposit Area 1854 - 103
(Last updated 10.mai.2006)

Name of Deposit Area : Kuberget
(Object Id : 1854,103,00,00)

Location
County : Nordland (18) Municipality : Ballangen (1854)
Map 1:50000: Evenes (1331-4) Map 1:250000: Narvik
Marking point: Longitude: 16.6026970 Latitude: 68.2975320
EU89-UTM Zone 33 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 566132 m. Y-coord: 7576896 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Sub Type: Copper
Element(s): Cu Zn
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 30 m3

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Form: Layer
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Coarse grained (> 3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 126 / 90 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Province: Caledonides
Geotec.unit: Narvik Nappe Complex
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Narvikgruppen Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Sphalerite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Granatglimmersk. Sedimentary
Original rock :Argillaceous sediment
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Foliation Strike/Dip :126 / 90 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None
Wall rock Mineral banding Strike/Dip :126 / 90 Pre-mineralisation ;...Effect :None

Information(s) in free text format
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Malmen er konkordant ca. 0.5m tykk. Glimmerskifer opptrer på begge sider av malmen. Pegmatitt opptrer SV for malmen. Skjerpet er 15 x 2m samt 1.5m dypt, med retning SØ. Malmprøver: 01: Malm med kobberkis, sinkblende, magnetkis og kvarts, samt litt svovelkis.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
NO0424.01 Bedrock
Sampler :Madsen, T./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Malm med kobberkis, sinkblende, magnetkis og noe svovelkis.
No. of registrated element analyses = 2
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 1854 - 103 Kuberget

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#
NO0424.01 Bedrock 18700 28800 47 134 108 -8.2 41.0
NO0424.01 Bedrock 20062 15561 2 181 98 8.3 256.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sn* Sb* Bi*
NO0424.01 3.0 3.0 -20 120.0 158 -8.20 -20 -20 -20
NO0424.01 3.0 3.0 16 66.6 19 37.00 2 2
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Sample No. S% V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr*
NO0424.01 12.00 82 30 334 18.80 -30.00 -30.00 -16.4
NO0424.01 15.13 20 24 258 15.14 6.00 10.00 3 12.0
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Sample No. La* B*
NO0424.01 -8.20 -41
NO0424.01 6.00 2


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