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Deposit Area 829 - 020
(Last updated 28.mar.2020)

Name of Deposit Area : Bjørgostaul
(Object Id : 0829,020,00,00)

Location
County : Telemark (08) Municipality : Kviteseid (0829)
Map 1:50000: Bandak (1513-1) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 8.3667300 Latitude: 59.4138060
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 464055 m. Y-coord: 6586302 m.

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

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 23.nov.2006 by Jan Sverre Sandstad)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1887 - 1887 Pitting
2006 - 2006 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Hydrothermal vein Form: Lens
Main texture: Fracture filling Min. distribution: Irregular (scattered)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration: No country rock alteration
Strike/Dip: 87 / 80 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Province: South Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Telemark Supergroup
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation: Transtaulhøgdi supracrustals

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Amphibolite Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Information(s) in free text format
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Rett på vestsida av en sidevei til bomveien opp fra Tveitgrendi går det inn en dagskjæring som er 7 m lang, 1-1,5 m bred og opptil 3 m høy i sørvest. Skjæringa har retning 275º. Dons (1963) beskriver andre skjerp fra det samme området som alle skal ha vært drevet i 1887. Finkornet, relativt massiv, grågrønn amfibolitt dominerer i skjerpet. Sentral i vestveggen finnes en 4-5 cm bred kvartsåre med noe kobberkis og litt pyritt. Den har retning 87º/75º. Amfibolitten er tilsynelatende ikke omvandlet omkring åra. Ubetydelig forekomst.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
TE0073.01 Dump
Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :L¿kken/...Size(kg) :2
Comment :Chalcopyrite aggregates in quartz in amphibolite
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:

Name of Locality : Bjørgostaul Ø
(Object Id : 0829,020,01,00)

Location
County : Telemark (08) Municipality : Kviteseid (0829)
Map 1:50000: Bandak (1513-1) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 8.3677480 Latitude: 59.4139900
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 464112 m. Y-coord: 6586321 m.

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


Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Amphibolite Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Foliation Strike/Dip :290 / 60 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Modifies

Information(s) in free text format
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Vel 50 m øst for hovedskjerpet finnes to mindre, gjengrodde skjerp i den samme amfibolitten. Det ene er ei lita grop hvor en 10 cm bred umineralisert kvartsgang er blotta.


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 829 - 020 Bjørgostaul

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#
TE0073.01 Dump 5810 -100 -100 10 10 4.0 10.0
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Sample No. As* Cd* Mo* Sb* Bi* Cr* Mn* Fe% W*
TE0073.01 -100 -10.0 -10.00 -10 -100 10 1100 1.83 -10
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Sample No. Sr* P* Ca*
TE0073.01 20.0 0 3


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