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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Deposit Area 1219 - 606
(Last updated 23.sep.2020)

Name of Deposit Area : Ospholmsbleikja
(Object Id : 1219,606,00,00)

Location
County : Hordaland (12) Municipality : Bømlo (1219)
Map 1:50000: Fitjar (1114-1) Map 1:250000: Haugesund
Marking point: Longitude: 5.1676460 Latitude: 59.8756640
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 285518 m. Y-coord: 6643772 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Granite and other igneous rocks Sub Type: Granite
Brickstone(Y/N):
Production
Activity: Stone quarrying Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit mining Production:
Prod. status: Disused, closed Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 23.09.2020)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated
Historical: Yes , (Confirmed 23.sep.2020 by Tom Heldal)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Bømlogranitt Classification :Massive blocks Colour :Gray
Play of colours : Uniformity :
Lithology :Granodiorite Grain size :

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1920 - 1940 Regular production

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:
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Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Brudd sett mot nord"


The fact sheet was created on 19.05.2024

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