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Deposit Area 1636 - 032
(Last updated 13.apr.2020)

Name of Deposit Area : Kattdalsgruva
(Object Id : 1636,032,00,00)

Location
County : Sør-Trøndelag (16) Municipality : Meldal (1636)
Map 1:50000: Løkken (1521-3) Map 1:250000: Trondheim
Marking point: Longitude: 9.7101950 Latitude: 63.1193220
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 535825 m. Y-coord: 6999081 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Sub Type: Sulphides
Element(s): Kis
Production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 250 m3

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 02.des.2019 by Jan Sverre Sandstad)

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Volcex Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration: Chloritisation
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Province: Caledonides
Geotec.unit: Trondheim Nappe Complex
Tectonic complex: Støren Nappe
Igneous complex:
Group: Støren Group Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Chlorite Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Mica Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Greenstone Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Greenschist

Information(s) in free text format
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Gruva ligger rett øst for det nedlagte oppredningsverket på Løkken, på motsatt side av dalen. Den ligger rett nord for en liten bekk i et svakt markert dalsøkk; Kattdalen. Det er en liten gruve med en ca. 4 m bred og 3 m høy åpning som forsetter innover med en kort stoll med retning 45°. En 30 cm mektig, kraftig forvitret sone med svært finkornet pyritt; vasskis er blottet ved inngangen. Tippen er svært overgrodd.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
JS-M1926 Bedrock
Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :2
Comment :Massive pyrite, very fine grained ('vasskis')
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
JS-M1927 Dump
Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :2
Comment :Massive pyrite, very fine grained ('vasskis')
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 1636 - 032 Kattdalsgruva

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#
JS-M1926 Bedrock 312 804 110 27 105 .6 17.0
JS-M1927 Dump 353 451 144 21 117 2.0 174.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sn* Sb* Bi*
JS-M1926 -5.0 11.0 1380 3.7 70 24.60 1 6 0
JS-M1927 -5.0 5.0 437 1.7 40 22.70 1 59 0
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Sample No. Se* Ga* Ge* In* S% V* Cr* Mn* Fe%
JS-M1926 6.00 7.85 0.60 0.11 10.00 251 64 1470 36.20
JS-M1927 4.00 5.11 0.43 0.11 10.00 126 36 1060 31.10
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Sample No. Th* U* W* Rb* Sr* Y* Zr* Nb* Ta*
JS-M1926 2.67 7.20 1 14.7 12.1 24.0 38 2.80 0.27
JS-M1927 2.22 6.70 -0 4.2 22.4 14.3 27 2.00 0.18
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Sample No. Cs* La* Ce* Li* Be* Na* Mg* Al* P*
JS-M1926 0.52 15.60 30.50 13 1 0 1 3 1430
JS-M1927 0.50 8.40 17.80 9 1 1 1 2 510
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Sample No. K * Ca* Sc* Ti* Te* Hf* Re* Tl*
JS-M1926 1 1 10.20 0 1.39 1.00 26 1
JS-M1927 0 1 6.60 0 0.81 0.70 19 1


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