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THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
Deposit Area 1845 - 308
(Last updated 28.feb.2003)

Name of Deposit Area : Nordfjorden
(Object Id : 1845,308,00,00)

Location
County : Nordland (18) Municipality : Sørfold (1845)
Map 1:50000: Fauske (2129-4) Map 1:250000: Sulitjelma
Marking point: Longitude: 15.6624580 Latitude: 67.4214650
EU89-UTM Zone 33 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 528383 m. Y-coord: 7478516 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Graphite Sub Type: Graphite

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

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 28.feb.2003 by Leif Furuhaug)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1993 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Sedimentary deposit Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Disseminated (<20 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm)
Strike/Dip: 82 / 65 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Not defined Graphite Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Plagioclase Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Muscovite Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Garnet Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Opaque Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Foliation Strike/Dip :82 / 65 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger langs E6 på nordsiden av brua over Nordfjorden. De best tilgjenglige veiskjæringene ligger langs veien inn til Nordfjorden. Mineraliseringen er en fattig og dårlig krystallinsk grafittskifer som er endel av en bergartsenhet som domineres av amfibolitter og granatglimmerskifre.


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