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Deposit Area 1106 - 002 | |||||
(Last updated 09.mai.2001) |
Name of Deposit Area : Torøy |
(Object Id : 1106,002,00,00) |
Location |
County : | Rogaland (11) | Municipality : | Haugesund (1106) |
Map 1:50000: | Haugesund (1113-1) | Map 1:250000: | Haugesund |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 5.2760510 | Latitude: | 59.4897200 |
EU89-UTM Zone 32 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 289168 m. | Y-coord: | 6600490 m. |
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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: | Underground mining | Production: | 70 thousand tons | |
Prod. status: | Disused, closed | Volume of dump: |
Importance |
Public: | Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015) |
Economical: | Not classified/evaluated |
Mineralization |
Era: | Period: | |||
Dating: | Method: | |||
Genesis: | Shear zone formation | Form: | Plate | |
Main texture: | Structureless | Min. distribution: | Irregular (scattered) |
Main grain size: | Coarse grained (> 3 mm) | Main alteration: |
Strike/Dip: | 220 / 50 | Direction: | ||
Plunge: |
Stratigraphic classification of host rock |
Era: | Proterozoic | Period: |
Province: | ||
Geotec.unit: | ||
Tectonic complex: | ||
Igneous complex: |
Group: | Formation: |
Mineralogy |
Relationship | Mineral | Amount | |
Gangue mineral | Quartz | Major mineral (>10%) | |
Gangue mineral | Carbonate | Subordinate mineral (1-10%) | |
Ore mineral | Chalcopyrite | Subordinate mineral (1-10%) | |
Ore mineral | Pyrite | Subordinate mineral (1-10%) |
Lithology: |
Relationship | Rock | Origin | |
Host rock | Glimmerskifer |
Structures |
Location: | Type: | Orientation(360 gr.): | Relation to min.: | |
Host rock | Foliation | Strike/Dip :220 / 50 |
Information(s) in free text format |
Free text |
Mineraliseringen ligger på nordsiden av den lille skogdekte øya Torøy i Viksefjord, og er bare tilgjengelig fra sjøen. Det er sprengt i malmåra på to steder, dels i en 8 m lang og 3 m bred strosse like ved fjorden, dels i et lite skjerp i åras fortsettelse ca. 20 m lengre mot sydvest. Skjerpet er ½ m dypt, men har ingen tipp. Tippmaterialet ligger hovedsakelig i fjorden. Mineraliseringen ligger i en skjærsone med vekslende slirer av kvarts og glimmerskifer, i strossa utgjør kvarts 5-15% av åras samlede tykkelse, som her er 2 m. I skjerpets sydvestlige endevegg ses 15 cm kvarts, og åras tykkelse er neppe så mye større der. Mineraliseringen er ikke omtalt i litteraturen. |
Fieldsamples |
Sample No. | Sample type | Miscellanrous | ||||
HO0165.01 | Bedrock |
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HO0165.02 | Bedrock |
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HO0165.03 | Bedrock |
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HO0165.04 | Bedrock |
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NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.: |
Analyse Results |
from |
Deposit Area 1106 - 002 Torøy |
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# |
HO0165.01 | Bedrock | 2209 | 31 | -3 | 115 | 16 | 1.9 | 121.0 |
HO0165.02 | Bedrock | 8029 | 89 | 5 | 63 | 9 | 10.7 | 843.0 |
HO0165.03 | Bedrock | 3311 | 75 | -3 | 85 | 13 | 7.9 | 799.0 |
HO0165.04 | Bedrock | 3022 | 98 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4.7 | 840.0 |
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Sample No. | Pt# | Pd# | Rh# | As* | Cd* | Ba* | Mo* | Sb* | Bi* |
HO0165.01 | -3.0 | 3.0 | -5.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | -1.00 | -2 | 5 |
HO0165.02 | -3.0 | 3.0 | -5.0 | 4 | 2.2 | 13 | -1.00 | -2 | 2 |
HO0165.03 | -3.0 | 3.0 | -5.0 | 6 | 1.1 | 33 | -1.00 | -2 | 2 |
HO0165.04 | -3.0 | 3.0 | -5.0 | 5 | .8 | 119 | -1.00 | -2 | 2 |
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Sample No. | S% | V* | Cr* | Mn* | Fe% | Th* | U* | W* | Sr* |
HO0165.01 | .01 | 1 | 5 | 61 | 6.49 | -2.00 | -5.00 | -2 | 1.0 |
HO0165.02 | 5.01 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 4.21 | -2.00 | -5.00 | -2 | 1.0 |
HO0165.03 | 4.24 | 18 | 4 | 151 | 5.80 | -2.00 | -5.00 | -2 | 6.0 |
HO0165.04 | .02 | 38 | 4 | 259 | 3.47 | -2.00 | -5.00 | -2 | 1.0 |
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Sample No. | La* | B* | |||||||
HO0165.01 | -1.00 | 4 | |||||||
HO0165.02 | -1.00 | 4 | |||||||
HO0165.03 | 1.00 | 4 | |||||||
HO0165.04 | -1.00 | 4 |
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