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Deposit Area 1219 - 009
(Last updated 21.mar.2024)

Name of Deposit Area : Bømlo, Yorkesgangen
(Object Id : 1219,009,00,00)

Location
County : Hordaland (12) Municipality : Bømlo (1219)
Map 1:50000: Bømlo (1114-2) Map 1:250000: Haugesund
Marking point: Longitude: 5.1680380 Latitude: 59.7099720
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 284472 m. Y-coord: 6625339 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE) Sub Type: Gold
Element(s): Au
Production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Production: ,214 thousand tons
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

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

Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality
AU 3.5 ppm

Mineralization
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Information(s) in free text format
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En skifergang med uregelmessige årer av kvarts som stryker mot NØ. I 1888 ble det tatt ut 100 kbm masse som ble skeidet til 214 tonn gullholdig materiale som gav 0.765 kg gull, dvs. 3.5 g/t i gehalt.


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