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| THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE | |||||
| Deposit Area 919 - 409 | |||||
| (Last updated 20.nov.2020) | |||||
Name of Deposit Area : Kleggåsen |
| (Object Id : 0919,409,00,00) |
| Location |
| County : | Aust-Agder (09) | Municipality : | Froland (0919) |
| Map 1:50000: | Nelaug (1612-3) | Map 1:250000: | Arendal |
| Marking point: | (Unavailable) |
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| Commodity |
| Main Type: | Gem stone minerals | Sub Type: | Ruby |
| Production |
| Activity: | Pitting | Reserves: | ||
| Prod. method: | Open pit mining | Production: | ||
| Prod. status: | Disused, closed | Volume of dump: |
| Importance |
| Public: | (No data) |
| Economical: | Minor interest , (Confirmed 30.aug.2018 by Havard Gautneb) |
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| Abstract |
| Situated about 11 km NW of the town Arendal. The corundum-bearing rocks were discovered in 1956. It has been quarried for red corundum specimens. The locality is known for its occurence of corundum some individual crystals can approach ruby quality |
| The fact sheet was created on 06.05.2024 |
| Questions or comments regarding the fact sheet can be emailed to: ressursdatabaser@ngu.no |
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