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Deposit Area 1644 - 018
(Last updated 17.jan.1997)

Name of Deposit Area : Rognså
(Object Id : 1644,018,00,00)

Location
County : Sør-Trøndelag (16) Municipality : Holtålen (1644)
Map 1:50000: Haltdalen (1620-1) Map 1:250000: Røros
Marking point: Longitude: 11.1867270 Latitude: 62.7935660
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 611528 m. Y-coord: 6964482 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Sub Type: Copper
Element(s): Kis Cu
Production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit and underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 20 m3

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

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1840 - 1850 Test mining
1865 - 1865 Regular production Company/Institution :Løytnant From

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Sedex Form: Plate
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration: Chloritisation
Strike/Dip: 190 / 50 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Province: Caledonides
Geotec.unit: Trondheim Nappe Complex
Tectonic complex: Meråkerdekket
Igneous complex:
Group: Dalsbygdgruppen Formation: Kjurudalsformasjonen

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Chlorite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Biotittskifer Sedimentary
Original rock :Siltstone
Metamorphic facies :Greenschist

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :190 / 50 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten består av to nærliggende (10 m) synker 50 m fra fylkesveien i Hessdalen, i en tett bevokst bekkedal (Rognsåa). Lite fast fjell å se, malmprøver finnes vesentlig i noen små tipphauger. Hovedmalmen er angitt å være 0.5 m mektig. Retningen stemmer noenlunde med en eventuell fortsettelse av Hessdalsgruva. Dette bekreftes til en viss grad av elektromagnetiske målinger utført i 1948.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
ST0209.01 Bedrock
Sampler :Størseth, L.R./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Disseminert cp-malm i kvarts med py-po.
ST0209.02 Bedrock
Sampler :Størseth, L.R./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Po-bånd i rustforvitret skifer, også noe py. Innfiltrede klaster av bergart.
ST0209.03 Bedrock
Sampler :Størseth, L.R./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Semimassiv malm i kvarts-klorittmatriks, noe py og cp.


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