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Deposit Area 1573 - 001
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Name of Deposit Area : Nausthaugen
(Object Id : 1573,001,00,00)

Location
County : Møre og Romsdal (15) Municipality : Smøla (1573)
Map 1:50000: Smøla (1321-1) Map 1:250000: Kristiansund
Marking point: Longitude: 7.9592190 Latitude: 63.3568650
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 447928 m. Y-coord: 7025773 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Sub Type: Iron
Element(s): Fe Kis
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 20 m3

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated , (Confirmed 16.feb.2005 by Agnes Raaness)

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Replacement/Metasomatism Form: Irregular
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Irregular (scattered)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration: Skarn formation
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation: Skjølberg formasjonen

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Epidote Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Pyroxene Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Garnet Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Magnetite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock granat+epidot skarn Sedimentary
Original rock :Limestone
Metamorphic facies :Contact
Wall rock felsisk gang Intrusive
Wall rock granodioritt Intrusive
Original rock :Granodiorite

Information(s) in free text format
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Skjerpet ligger på nordsida av Nausthaugen i et område med myr og små knauser. Skjerpet består av en vannfyllt synk som er 4x7 m med lengst akse øst-vest i et overdekket område. Mineraliseringen opptrer på grensen mellom lys granodioritt med mørke fragmenter i sør og granatskarn i nord. En 1/2 m bred brunfarget sone er observert i vestveggen. Felsiske ganger finnes i østverggen. Finkornet magnetitt-malm, dels sammen med epidot-pyrksen skarn dominerer i utskeidet del av tippen. Få blokker med svak sulfid-mineralisering i årenettverk i granatskarn finnes i tillegg.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Gautneb, Håvard; Roberts, David , 1989
Geology and petrochemistry of the Smøla-Hitra Batholith, Central Norway.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU Bulletin; No.416;1-24 pages
Abstract:
The plutonic rocks which compose the Smøla-Hitra Batholith (SHB) cover an exposed area of c.1000 km² and intrude folded, Arenig-Llanvirn, low-grade meta-sedimentary and bimodal metavolcanic rocks and higher-grade polydeformed gneisses of probable Proterozoic age. The SHB is unconformably overlain by Old Red Sandstone sediments of possible Late Silurian to definite Middle Devonian age. Field relations demonstrate that the oldest rock-types in the batholith comprise gabbro, monzodiorite and hornblende diorite. These are succeeded by tonalite, granodiorite and granite, which occur both as plutons and as abundant dykes and veins. Later members of the SHB include composite dykes, porphyritic microdiorite, appinitic pipe-like bodies, dolerite dykes and lastly, granophyre dykes. The hypabyssal rocks post-date a phase of weak, heterogeneous deformation manifested locally within the various plutons. Pressure estimates from hornblende compositions indicate a pressure of solidification of 0.26 +-0.1 GPa, corresponding to a depth of about 9 km. Preliminary isotopic dating has indicated an age range from c. 450 to c. 428 MA; latest Mid-Ordovician to Early Silurian. The rocks of the SHB show little sign of the Scandian deformation and metamorphism which are so common elsewhere in this part of Norway.

Aasgaard, Gunnar , 1951
Malmforekomster på Smøla.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 4449;3 pages
Abstract:
Rapporten beskriver en 3-dagers befaring av Maurdal-Nøsthaugen- og Strømmen gruver på Smøla. Mineraliseringen forekommer i hovedsak som magnetitt med noe svovel- og kobberkis. SP-målinger ved Maurdals gruver indikerer at det gjennstår malm på dypet.

Aasgaard, Gunnar , 1951
Malmforekomster på Smøla.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 1690;3 pages
Abstract:
Rapporten beskriver befaringer av malmforekomster på Smøla. Det blir konkludert med ønske om videre undersøkelser.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
MR0068.01 Dump
Sampler :Sandstad, J.S./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Magnetitt-malm, finkornet, litt grønn skarn
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
MR0068.02 Dump
Sampler :Sandstad, J.S./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Magnetitt-malm med kobberkis+pyritt, dels leopardtekstur og grønne skarn flekker og plagioklasflekker
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 1573 - 001 Nausthaugen

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#
MR0068.01 Dump 4465 488 42 43 14 3.9 158.0
MR0068.02 Dump 5672 266 40 51 26 5.9 194.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sn* Sb* Bi*
MR0068.01 -5.0 2.0 -5 -1.0 -2 6.00 -20 -5 -5
MR0068.02 -5.0 4.0 -5 -1.0 -2 5.00 -20 -5 -5
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Sample No. V* Cr* Mn* Fe% W* Sr* La* Na* Mg*
MR0068.01 41 298 1074 10.00 -20 3.0 -1.00 -0 0
MR0068.02 37 275 1304 10.00 -20 3.0 -1.00 -0 0
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Sample No. Al* K * Ca* Te*
MR0068.01 1 -0 2 -10.00
MR0068.02 1 -0 2 -10.00


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