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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.

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)
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Province:
Geotec.unit:
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
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Fra blotningen av nedre linse 100m NV for BH1, 9 m over sålen
C8 Bedrock
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Fra blotningen av øvre linse 60m vest for BH1, 8m over sålen
1a Core
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Borhull 1 25,30-27.30m
1b1 Core
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Borhull 1 27.30-29.00
1b2 Core
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Borhull 1 29.00-31.00
1b3 Core
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Borhull 1 31- 33,4
1C Core
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Borhull 1 65.10-66.20m
1D Core
Sampler :Olerud, S.
Comment :Borhull 1 66. 20-74.40


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