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Deposit Area 1850 - 003
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Name of Deposit Area : Baugevatn
(Object Id : 1850,003,00,00)
Location
County : Nordland (18) Municipality : Tysfjord (1850)
Map 1:50000: Frostisen (1331-2) Map 1:250000: Narvik
Marking point: Longitude: 17.1208270 Latitude: 68.0557360
EU89-UTM Zone 33 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 588432 m. Y-coord: 7550596 m.
Commodity
Main Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Sub Type: Copper
Element(s): Cu

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1903 - 1903 Pitting
1906 - 1906 Sampling
1911 - 1911 Sampling

Mineralization
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Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Albite Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Tourmaline Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Gangue mineral Ankerite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Gangue mineral Rutile Accessory mineral (<1%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Bornite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Covellite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Hematite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
NO0441.01 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Utplukket ren kobberkis, pluss kobberkis - kvarts.
NO0441.02 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Utplukket ren kobberkis pluss kobberkis - kvarts, samt spor av kobberglans/bornitt (?).
NO0441.03 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Glassklar kvarts/(melkekvarts) med noe kobberkis.
NO0441.04 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Kvarts med hematitt på stikk (ca. 80% (?) kvarts.
NO0441.05 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Glassklar kvarts med ca. 2-4% kobberkis - bornitt/kobberglans (?).
NO0441.06 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Kvarts-feltspat med kobbersulfider pluss hematitt(?) i dendritt lignende mønstre.
NO0441.07 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Utplukket ren, massiv kobberkis.
NO0441.08 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Sammenvokst karbonat - kvarts - hematitt med spor av sulfider (kobberkis).
NO0441.09 Bedrock
Sampler :Nilsson, L.P.
Comment :Glassklar kvarts med kobberglans/bornitt pluss litt kobberkis på fine riss, videre litt hematitt tilstede.

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