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THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
Deposit Area 926 - 306
(Last updated 06.feb.2015)

Name of Deposit Area : Glamsland
(Object Id : 0926,306,00,00)

Location
County : Aust-Agder (09) Municipality : Lillesand (0926)
Map 1:50000: Lillesand (1511-1) Map 1:250000: Arendal
Marking point: Longitude: 8.3025480 Latitude: 58.2583130
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 459071 m. Y-coord: 6457681 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Feldspar Sub Type: Pegmatitic feldspar

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

Importance
Public: Local Importance (reg. 07.02.2015)
Economical: Could be significant , (Confirmed 06.feb.2015 by Havard Gautneb)

Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality
CHERAM
GLASRA

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
Regular production

Mineralization
Era: Period:
Dating: Method:
Genesis: Form:
Main texture: Min. distribution:
Main grain size:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Period:
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Igneous complex:
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Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Not defined Quartz Major mineral (10-50%)
Not defined Plagioclase Major mineral (10-50%)
Not defined Potassic feldspar Major mineral (10-50%)
Not defined Muscovite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Biotite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Not defined Chlorite Accessory mineral (<1%)
Not defined Garnet Accessory mineral (<1%)

Information(s) in free text format
Free text
Glamsland pegmatittbrudd ligger ca. 3 km vest for Lillesand. Pegmatitten består hovedsakelig av det som på Sørlandet kalles "tint" som er en grovkornig blanding mineraler av granittisk sammensetning. Ca.40% oligoklas, ca, 30% mikroklin, ca. 27% kvarts og 2 - 3% jernholdige mineraler. Like ved bruddene, ble det i 1968 bygd ferdig et flotasjonsverk som floterte ut kvarts, plagioklas (oligoklas), kalifeltspat (mikroklin) og biotitt. Forekomsten ble drevet de siste år av Sibelco Nordic, men driften ble nedlagt i 2011.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Kristoffersen, Marte , 1997
Evaluering av potensielle pegmatittforekomster i Glamslandfeltet.
;NTNU Bergavd.;AVHANDLING

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
HK-11 Hand specimen
Sampler :Peter Ihlen/...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Gulrosa K-feltspat med noen innesl. av kvarts
No. of registrated oxide analyses = 1
HK-2 Hand specimen
Sampler :Peter Ihlen/...Stored :Løkken
Comment :K-feltspat
No. of registrated oxide analyses = 1
HK-3 Hand specimen
Sampler :Peter Ihlen/...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Plagioklas
No. of registrated oxide analyses = 1
HK-5 Hand specimen
Sampler :Peter Ihlen/...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Blekrosa K-feltspat
No. of registrated oxide analyses = 1
HK-7 Hand specimen
Sampler :Peter Ihlen/...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Blekrosa K-feltspat med kvartsinneslutninger
No. of registrated oxide analyses = 1
HK-9 Hand specimen
Sampler :Peter Ihlen/...Stored :Løkken
Comment :Gulrosa K-feltsp. m. parall. bånd av grafisk kv.
No. of registrated oxide analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 926 - 306 Glamsland

Oxide analyses

( All values are in % )
Sample No. Sample Type SiO2 Al2O3 TiO2 Fe2O3 MgO CaO Na2O
HK-11 Hand specimen 69.90 16.30 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.08 1.68
HK-2 Hand specimen 70.50 19.00 0.00 0.09 0.04 2.21 8.27
HK-3 Hand specimen 65.00 18.00 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.09 1.90
HK-5 Hand specimen 66.60 17.10 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.08 2.17
HK-7 Hand specimen 65.40 18.30 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.10 2.31
HK-9 Hand specimen 65.50 18.40 0.00 0.05 0.01 0.24 2.67
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Sample No. K2O Sum
HK-11 11.73 100.00
HK-2 0.68 101.00
HK-3 13.54 99.00
HK-5 12.39 98.00
HK-7 13.01 99.00
HK-9 12.22 99.00


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