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THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
Deposit Area 1719 - 311
(Last updated 10.mar.2005)

Name of Deposit Area : Østborg
(Object Id : 1719,311,00,00)

Location
County : Nord-Trøndelag (17) Municipality : Levanger (1719)
Map 1:50000: Stiklestad (1722-4) Map 1:250000: Trondheim
Marking point: Longitude: 11.3866600 Latitude: 63.7593020
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 617719 m. Y-coord: 7072392 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Carbonates Sub Type: Limestone

Production
Activity: Mining Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit mining Production:
Prod. status: Disused, closed Volume of dump:

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

Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality
SOIADD 100 %

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
- 1975 Regular production

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period:
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Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Not defined Calcite Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Quartz Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Muscovite Accessory mineral (<1%)
Not defined Plagioclase Accessory mineral (<1%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger 5 km øst for Levanger sentrum. Det er vei inn til bruddet fra E6, 50 m nord for jernbaneovergang. Østborg kalksteinsbrudd ble nedlagt i 1964 og forekomsten anses som utdrevet (Mikalsen 1980). I dag er bruddet en del av Mule fyllplass og er utilgjengelig.


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