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Deposit Area 1717 - 301
(Last updated 22.jul.2004)

Name of Deposit Area : Asklund
(Object Id : 1717,301,00,00)

Location
County : Nord-Trøndelag (17) Municipality : Frosta (1717)
Map 1:50000: Leksvik (1622-3) Map 1:250000: Trondheim
Marking point: Longitude: 10.7029570 Latitude: 63.5938740
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 584494 m. Y-coord: 7052884 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Carbonates Sub Type: Limestone

Production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Underground mining Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 20.feb.2001 by Havard Gautneb)

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Sedimentary deposit Form: Lens
Main texture: Granoblastic Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Not defined Calcite Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Quartz Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Biotite Accessory mineral (<1%)
Not defined Diopside Accessory mineral (<1%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger ca. 1 km nord for Holmen kai. Større og mindre linser er adskilt av skifer. Feltet er ca. 1 km langt og ca 350 m bredt. Kalksteinen er finkornet, gråhvit til gul. Mulighetene for økonomisk utnyttelse synes begrenset på grunn av kalksteinens sterke oppblanding med skifer.


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