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THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
Deposit Area 1837 - 311
(Last updated 24.nov.2006)

Name of Deposit Area : Løknes
(Object Id : 1837,311,00,00)

Location
County : Nordland (18) Municipality : Meløy (1837)
Map 1:50000: Meløy (1928-4) Map 1:250000: Mo i Rana
Marking point: Longitude: 13.6861890 Latitude: 66.8789870
EU89-UTM Zone 33 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 442433 m. Y-coord: 7418497 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Magnesium minerals Sub Type: Magnesite

Production
Activity: Exploration Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Liquid magmatic Form: Lens
Main texture: Structureless Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Very unevenly grained
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex: Rødingsfjelldekkekom
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Not defined Serpentine Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Magnesite Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Enstatite Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Asbestos Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Magnetite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Talc Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Amphibole Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Feltet med ultrabasiske bergarter utgjør ca. 0.5 km². Det består hovedsakelig av bergarten sagvanditt (enstatitt- og karbonatbergart). Den er porfyroblastisk med 1-4 cm store enstatitt-krystaller i en fin-middelskornet grunnmasse som vesentlig består av magnesitt. Ellers finnes endel serpentin-asbest i årer i bergarten. Det er ikke sett partier med ren olivin.


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