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Deposit Area 1865 - 302
(Last updated 21.feb.2017)

Name of Deposit Area : Vikan
(Object Id : 1865,302,00,00)

Location
County : Nordland (18) Municipality : Vågan (1865)
Map 1:50000: Kabelvåg (1131-2) Map 1:250000: Svolvær
Marking point: Longitude: 14.7979870 Latitude: 68.2145280
EU89-UTM Zone 33 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 491633 m. Y-coord: 7566796 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 20.feb.2001 by Havard Gautneb)

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

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Contact metamorphic Form: Irregular
Main texture: Granoblastic Min. distribution: Disseminated (<20 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm)
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic 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%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger ca. 30 m nord for den innerste delen av Bjørnvågen på Lille Molla. Den består av en 30x5 m stor inneslutning av grafittskifer i syenitt (mangeritt). Grafitten er grovflakig og av god kvalitet, men forekomsten er altfor liten til å ha noen økonomisk interesse.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Neumann, Henrich , 1952
Dagbok fra Nord-Norge 26.5 - 19.8 1952
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 7709;16 pages

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
NO265I.01 Bedrock
Sampler :Gautneb, H./...Stored :NGU
Comment :Prøve av grovflakig grafittskifer
NO265I.02 Bedrock
Sampler :Gautneb, H./...Stored :NGU
Comment :Prøve av grovflakig grafittmalm


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