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Deposit Area 1617 - 302
(Last updated 24.nov.2006)

Name of Deposit Area : Melandsjø
(Object Id : 1617,302,00,00)

Location
County : Sør-Trøndelag (16) Municipality : Hitra (1617)
Map 1:50000: Sør-Frøya (1422-3) Map 1:250000: Kristiansund
Marking point: Longitude: 8.7138600 Latitude: 63.6275950
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 485818 m. Y-coord: 7055548 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Carbonates Sub Type: Limestone

Production
Activity: Exploration Reserves:
Prod. method: Production:
Prod. status: Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Minor interest

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Sedimentary deposit Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % 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: Grunnfjell
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Not defined Calcite Major mineral (>10%)
Not defined Plagioclase Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Quartz Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger i veiskjæringen ved Melandsjø. Den utgjør en ca. 50 m tykk og nokså urein kalkstein, med mye slirer av basiske bergarter. De beste blotningene sees i veien mellom Melandsjø og Hestnes. Kalksteinenen er for mye iblandet silikater til at den er av intereesse i dag.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
9194 Bedrock
Stored :Gautneb
Comment :Representativ prøve fra kalken


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