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Deposit Area 1755 - 301 | |||||
(Last updated 31.mar.2009) |
Name of Deposit Area : Hundøyrån |
(Object Id : 1755,301,00,00) |
Drill Cores from the Deposit Area: See Borehole Area Hundøyrån |
Location |
County : | Nord-Trøndelag (17) | Municipality : | Leka (1755) |
Map 1:50000: | Leka (1725-3) | Map 1:250000: | Vega |
Marking point: | Longitude: | 11.6738280 | Latitude: | 65.0931230 |
EU89-UTM Zone 32 | (Coordinates IS confirmed) |
X-coord: | 625620 m. | Y-coord: | 7221492 m. |
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Commodity |
Main Type: | Talc | Sub Type: | Talc |
Production |
Activity: | Exploration | Reserves: | ||
Prod. method: | Production: | |||
Prod. status: | Volume of dump: |
Importance |
Public: | Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015) |
Economical: | Minor interest , (Confirmed 31.mar.2009 by Are Korneliussen) |
Operations |
From - To | Activity | Comments | |
- 90 | Core drilling | Company/Institution :NGU |
Mineralization |
Era: | Paleozoic | Period: | Ordovician | |
Dating: | Method: | |||
Genesis: | Regional metamorphic | Form: | Plate | |
Main texture: | Vein network | Min. distribution: | Massive (>50 % ore minerals) |
Main grain size: | Fine grained (< 1 mm) |
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Plunge: |
Stratigraphic classification of host rock |
Era: | Paleozoic | Period: | Ordovician |
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Tectonic complex: | Helgelandsdekket | |
Igneous complex: |
Group: | Formation: |
Mineralogy |
Relationship | Mineral | Amount | |
Not defined | Talc | Major mineral (>10%) | |
Not defined | Magnesite | Major mineral (>10%) | |
Not defined | Chlorite | Subordinate mineral (1-10%) | |
Not defined | Serpentine | Accessory mineral (<1%) |
Information(s) in free text format |
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The deposit is situated on the island of Leka in Nord-Trøndelag within the Leka ophiolite complex (Prestvik 1980). The deposit was investigated by NGU in 1990 in a co-operation between NGU and Norwegian Talc AS. 600 m were drilled in six holes (Olerud 1990). Two large horizontal lenses were detected. The "Upper lens" has an average thickness of 6.6 m and a probable tonnage of 890 000 tonnes. The ore is very fine-grained and consists of talc (~50%), breunnerite (~44%), chlorite (~2-5%) and chromite/ferrite-chromite (~2-3%). The whiteness of milled products is in general < 70%, while smaller areas have whiteness up to around 75%. From Karlsen og Nilsson (2000). |
Bibliography: |
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.: |
Karlsen, T.A. og Nilsson, L.P. 2000: Talc deposits in Norway. NGU report 99.135, 103 p. + 41 figures. |
Fieldsamples |
Sample No. | Sample type | Miscellanrous | |||
A9 | Bedrock |
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C8 | Bedrock |
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1a | Core |
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1b1 | Core |
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1b2 | Core |
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1b3 | Core |
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1C | Core |
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1D | Core |
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