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Deposit Area 2020 - 030
(Last updated 25.okt.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Barbalas kisgang
(Object Id : 2020,030,00,00)

Location
County : Finnmark (20) Municipality : Porsanger (2020)
Map 1:50000: Skoganvarre (2034-4) Map 1:250000: Karasjok
Marking point: Longitude: 25.0122920 Latitude: 69.9640790
EU89-UTM Zone 35 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 424007 m. Y-coord: 7763105 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 25.okt.2005 by Morten Often)

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Volcex Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
Province: Troms-Finnmark Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Karasjok Greenstone Belt
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Iddjajav'ri Formation: Bakkilvarri

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Graphite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Sulfide facies BIF Sedimentary
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
Wall rock Amphibole-chlorite schist Extrusive
Original rock :Komatiite
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
Wall rock Banded garnet amphibolite Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite


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