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Deposit Area 604 - 065
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Name of Deposit Area : Haus Sachsen gruve
(Object Id : 0604,065,00,00)
The deposit area belongs to the Province : Overberget

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Kongsberg (0604)
Map 1:50000: Notodden (1714-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 9.5786410 Latitude: 59.6718580
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 532594 m. Y-coord: 6615009 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE) Sub Type: Silver
Element(s): Ag
Production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Production: 290 thousand tons
Prod. status: Disused, closed Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 16.mar.2005 by Agnes Raaness)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1629 - 1805 Regular production Company/Institution :Kongsberg Sølvverk
1866 - 1956 Regular production Company/Institution :Kongsberg Sølvverk

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Information(s) in free text format
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55.7 t silver was produced in the periods 1629-1805 and 1866-1956. The mine is 566 m deep.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Bugge, Arne , 1930
Rapport over Kongsberg Sølvverks Gruber. Overberget og underberget.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 3244;213 pages
Abstract:
Utredningen om tahlbåndene og gangene i Kongsbergfeltet og om gruvene på Underberget og Overberget er basert på Sølverkets gamle og nye litteratur, de foreliggende geologiske detaljkarter og de som undertegnede utarbeidet i tiden 1921 - 1929. I beskrivelsen av gruvene har undertegnede forsøkt å gi en oversikt over hver enkelt gruves historie, verdi og fremtidsmuligheter.

Name of Locality : 1
(Object Id : 0604,065,01,00)

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Kongsberg (0604)
Map 1:50000: Notodden (1714-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 9.5781620 Latitude: 59.6720120
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 532566 m. Y-coord: 6615026 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE) Sub Type: Silver
Element(s): Ag


Name of Locality : 2
(Object Id : 0604,065,02,00)

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Kongsberg (0604)
Map 1:50000: Notodden (1714-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 9.5784920 Latitude: 59.6731870
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 532584 m. Y-coord: 6615157 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE) Sub Type: Silver
Element(s): Ag


Name of Locality : 3
(Object Id : 0604,065,03,00)

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Kongsberg (0604)
Map 1:50000: Notodden (1714-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 9.5785160 Latitude: 59.6737410
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 532585 m. Y-coord: 6615219 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE) Sub Type: Silver
Element(s): Ag


Name of Locality : 4
(Object Id : 0604,065,04,00)

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Kongsberg (0604)
Map 1:50000: Notodden (1714-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 9.5785600 Latitude: 59.6741610
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 532587 m. Y-coord: 6615266 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE) Sub Type: Silver
Element(s): Ag


Name of Locality : 5
(Object Id : 0604,065,05,00)

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Kongsberg (0604)
Map 1:50000: Notodden (1714-3) Map 1:250000: Skien
Marking point: Longitude: 9.5758790 Latitude: 59.6738280
EU89-UTM Zone 32
X-coord: 532436 m. Y-coord: 6615227 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE) Sub Type: Silver
Element(s): Ag


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