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THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
Deposit Area 815 - 324
(Last updated 23.jan.2008)

Name of Deposit Area : Skiensund
(Object Id : 0815,324,00,00)

Location
County : Telemark (08) Municipality : Kragerø (0815)
Map 1:50000: Kragerø (1712-4) Map 1:250000: Arendal
Marking point: Longitude: 9.4557170 Latitude: 58.8869620
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 526267 m. Y-coord: 6527554 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Silica Sub Type: Quartzite

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 21.jan.2008 by Jan Egil Wanvik)

Mineralization
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Information(s) in free text format
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Bruddet bre drevet av Georg Tveit. Hoveddriften var ved Skiensund. I Skiensund var det drift i mange år, inntil steinen ble for dårlig for smelteverkene. Ref.: Morten Rugtveit: "Bergveksdrift, Kjente gruver og brudd i Kragerøområdet" http://www.turer.no/gruver/gruve_gruver.shtml http://www.turer.no/gruver/gruve_tekst.shtml

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Morten Rugtveit: "Bergveksdrift, Kjente gruver og brudd i Kragerøområdet" http://www.turer.no/gruver/gruve_gruver.shtml


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