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Deposit Area 633 - 012
(Last updated 08.mai.2006)

Name of Deposit Area : Knutstøl
(Object Id : 0633,012,00,00)
The deposit area belongs to the Province : Nore

Location
County : Buskerud (06) Municipality : Nore og Uvdal (0633)
Map 1:50000: Rødberg (1615-1) Map 1:250000: Odda
Marking point: Longitude: 8.9856700 Latitude: 60.3834820
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 499209 m. Y-coord: 6694120 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Sub Type: Copper
Element(s): Kis Cu
Production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump: 75 m3

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest

Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality
AG
AU
CU

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
Pitting Company/Institution :Fredriksminde Kobberverk
Sannsynligvis forsøkt på samme tid som det var drift i Duse (1770-1814).
2000 - 2000 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU mineralressurser

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Hydrothermal vein Form: Irregular
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Irregular (scattered)
Main grain size: Very unevenly grained Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 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: Bandak Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Calcite Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Bornite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcocite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Hematite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Gold Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Greenstone Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Greenschist

Information(s) in free text format
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Knutstøl skjerp ligger 200 meter øst for setra og i kanten av setervollene. Det består av en grunn grøft, omlag 17 m lang i NV-SØ retning (335°) parallell mineralisering i kvartsganger. Det er flere uregelmessige parallelle kvartsårer med varierende mengder rødlig kalkspat over en bredde på vel en meter. Årene varierer i bredde fra cm/dm-skala til 0.5 m. Mineralisering består av uregelmessige nyrer og aggregater med bornitt og kobberglans. Hematitt opptrer spredt, men er særlig hyppig ut mot sidebergarten i form av uregelmessige aggregater. Finfordelt hematitt opptrer i klorittskifer i kontakt til sidebergarten (grønnstein, metabasalt).

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Skisse over Norefeltet
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;KART;Bergarkivet; No.K 2160

References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
T. Bergø 1982: Hydrothermale Cu og U-førende gangforekomster, Rødberg, Numedal. Thesis University of Oslo, 1982.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
BU0368.01 Dump
Sampler :T. Bjerkgård/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :3
Comment :Hematite, fine-grained, in carbonate.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
BU0368.02 Dump
Sampler :T. Bjerkgård/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :3
Comment :Hematite, fine-grained, in carbonate.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
BU0368.03 Dump
Sampler :T. Bjerkgård/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :3
Comment :Rich impregnation of chalcosite and bornite in quartz.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
BU0368.04 Dump
Sampler :T. Bjerkgård/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :3
Comment :Rich impregnation of chalcosite and bornite in quartz. Collection of samples from dump.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 633 - 012 Knutstøl

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#
BU0368.01 Dump 182 12 5 4 6 .2 8.0
BU0368.02 Dump 121 33 2 31 65 .2 1.0
BU0368.03 Dump 31235 22 10 10 11 52.6 470.0
BU0368.04 Dump 99999 25 5 7 23 232.0 1368.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi* S%
BU0368.01 2.0 1.0 4 .3 16 1.00 2 2 -.01
BU0368.02 2.0 1.0 1 .7 24 1.00 2 2 -.01
BU0368.03 1.0 1.0 1 1.3 8 1.00 2 126 1.03
BU0368.04 2.0 2.0 2 .2 10 2.00 2 703 6.33
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Sample No. V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr* La*
BU0368.01 1 3 2179 .75 3.00 4.00 1 63.0 10.00
BU0368.02 28 2 841 8.79 2.00 4.00 1 8.0 12.00
BU0368.03 22 3 834 5.31 4.00 4.00 1 8.0 39.00
BU0368.04 9 9 402 5.46 2.00 4.00 1 5.0 33.00
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Sample No. B*
BU0368.01 2
BU0368.02 5
BU0368.03 2
BU0368.04 2


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