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Deposit Area 1224 - 043
(Last updated 11.feb.1997)

Name of Deposit Area : Sandvikfjell
(Object Id : 1224,043,00,00)

Location
County : Hordaland (12) Municipality : Kvinnherad (1224)
Map 1:50000: Varaldsøy (1215-2) Map 1:250000: Bergen
Marking point: Longitude: 5.9382830 Latitude: 60.1190040
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 329879 m. Y-coord: 6668607 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: Open pit and underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 100 m3

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

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
Test mining

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: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 240 / 72 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Ølve-Varaldsøykompl. Formation:

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

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Skifrig grønnsten Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Greenschist

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :240 / 72 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
Free text
Fra Sandvika må en gå 6-700 m på en smal sti mot Hisdalen inntil en ser en rustsone som ligger 20-30 m mot øst for stien. Ovenfor rustsonen ligger to 15 m lange stoller. Den øvre ligger 40-50 m over den nedre. Stollene er drevet inn i samme horisont og parallelt med lagdelingen og forskifringen. Ved begge stoller ses en 20-25 cm tykk mineralisert sone. Lokaliteten er uinteressant, og den ble ikke prøvetatt.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Munster, C.A. , 1909
Anvers. Sandvikfjeldets og Hisdalens skjærp.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 1865;1 pages
Abstract:
Lok. Nr. 20276, 20281. Rapporten anbefaler undersøkelser ved disse 2 lokaliteter uten å gi geologiske opplysninger.


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