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	THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
	Deposit Area 2012 - 322
	(Last updated 03.feb.2004)

Importance

Public:

Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)

Economical:

Not classified/evaluated

Products

	Element/product	Crude ore grade or quality
	OLIVIN	%

Mineralization

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	Genesis:	Liquid magmatic	Form:	Irregular
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Mineralogy

	Relationship	Mineral	Amount
	Not defined	Olivine	Major mineral (>10%)

Information(s) in free text format

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Seiland. Peridotitt. Opprinnelig angitt i Poulsens navneliste fra 1959 og dertil kun indikert på geologiske kart av Roberts og Bennett som en del av et større olivin-pyroksenittkompleks (Melkevann ultramafiske kompleks) på Seiland. Ikke nærmere undersøkt, trolig uinteressant.

Bibliography:

From NGU's Reference Archive:

Bennett, M.C.; Emblin, S.R.; Robins, B.; Yeo, W.J.A. , 1986

	High-temperature ultramafic complexes in the North Norwegian Caledonides: I - Regional setting and field relationships.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU Bulletin; No.405;1-40 pages

Abstract:

Forkortet. Four major (25-100 km²) ultramafic complexes were developed in the Sørøy Nappe during the second phase of Finnmarkian deformation in the North Norwegian Caledonides. They were emplaced into layered mafic intrusions and show broadly similar emplacement histories and petrographic variations suggesting a related petrogenesis. The Nordre Bumannsfjord, Melkvann and Kvafjord group of ultramafic complexes developed in part by emplacement of both replacive and dilational ne-normative ultramafic sheets and dykes which progressively fragmented the layered olivine gabbro envelope. The Reinfjord ultramafic complex contains pronounced, subhorizontal modal layering and evidence of at least 3 major magmatic events. The intrusive sequences and petrographic variations represented in the complexes suggest the succesive emplacement of mantle-derived magmas with a diminishing number of liquidus phases, accompanied by in situ liquid-crystal fractionation, subsidiary hybridization and metasomatism.

Roberts, David , 1974

	Hammerfest. Beskrivelse til det 1:250 000 berggrunnsgeologiske kart. (Med geologisk og aeromagnetisk kart)

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL; KARTBESKRIVELSE;NGU; Skrifter; No.301; 10;1-66 + ka pages

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General descriptions of the different metasediments, metavolcanics and igneous rocks within the map area are presented. Three principal map-subdivisions are recognized; (a) supracrustal Precambrian (Karelian) rocks occurring in tectonic Windiws; (b) autochthonous late Precambrian to Lower Cambrian (meta)sediments; and (c) a thick allochthonous nappe-complex od Eocambrian to Cambrian metasediments, gneisses and various igneous rocks. In addition to these lithologies, sediments of unknown age (but possibly Silurian) lying unconformably upon allochthonous gneisses are noted from the south-western corner of the map-sheet. Descriptions are given of the many types of plutonic rocks occurring within the Seiland-Stjernøy petrographic province. These include several varieties of gabbro as well as diorites, peridotites, syenite, nepheline syenite, hornblendite, carbonatite, anorthosite, trondhjemite and adamellite. The major tectonic structural subdivisions of the map-area are outlined and it is shown that the matamorphic lithologies of the allochthon, here referred to as the Kalak nappe-complex, can be readily separated into three main tectonic units, or nappes.

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