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Deposit Area 1219 - 046
(Last updated 13.mar.1997)

Name of Deposit Area : Gilje
(Object Id : 1219,046,00,00)

Location
County : Hordaland (12) Municipality : Bømlo (1219)
Map 1:50000: Fitjar (1114-1) Map 1:250000: Haugesund
Marking point: Longitude: 5.2043750 Latitude: 59.7730780
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 286917 m. Y-coord: 6632241 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Sub Type: Sulphides
Element(s): Kis
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 2 m3

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

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
Pitting

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Cambrian
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Volcex Form: Lens
Main texture: Cataclastic Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 120 / 58 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Cambrian
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation: Geitungenheten

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

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Basalt Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Greenschist
Wall rock Chert Sedimentary
Original rock :Siliceous rock
Metamorphic facies :Greenschist

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :120 / 58 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Man kommer til skjerpet ved å kjøre 50 m mot syd etter veien mot Ådnanes, og deretter må man gå 100 m mot vest langs et gjerde. Ca. 10 m syd for skjerpet ligger en oppdemt vassdam. Skjerpet er ganske lite. Noen sulfidblokker ligger hist og her i nærheten av skjerpet. Sulfidlaget er orientert 120°/58°S og er 25-30 cm tykt. Det kan følges ca. 3 m. På begge sider av sulfidlaget ses chert som er delvis forskifret, og vertsbergarten er basalt. Mineraliseringen ligger i Geitungenheten og er den nordligste representant for denne mineraliseringstypen. 2 prøver ble innsamlet. Mineraliseringen er av vasskistypen. Mineraliseringen omtales ikke i litteraturen.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
HO0171.01 Bedrock
Sampler :Wulff, P./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Po-malm, 50 % sulfid, resten er kloritt og kvarts/chert, sterkt deformert.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
HO0171.02 Bedrock
Sampler :Wulff, P./...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Po-malm, 50 % sulfid, resten er kloritt og kvarts/chert, sterkt deformert.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 1219 - 046 Gilje

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#
HO0171.01 Bedrock 419 212 18 20 220 1.3 9.0
HO0171.02 Bedrock 37 51 -3 2 17 1.0 63.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# Rh# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi*
HO0171.01 -3.0 14.0 -5.0 15 -.2 6 127.00 8 15
HO0171.02 -3.0 34.0 -5.0 12 1.5 -1 5.00 31 -2
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Sample No. S% V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr*
HO0171.01 20.15 70 6 61 32.49 5.00 28.00 2 3.0
HO0171.02 15.15 24 4 61 2.75 -2.00 7.00 3 -1.0
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Sample No. La* B*
HO0171.01 9.00 8
HO0171.02 3.00 14


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