Fact Sheet for Deposit Area 237

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	THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
	Deposit Area 237 - 301
	(Last updated 08.jul.2021)

Name of Deposit Area : Byrud

(Object Id : 0237,301,00,00)

Location

County :

Akershus (02)

Municipality :

Eidsvoll (0237)

Map 1:50000:

Nannestad (1915-3)

Map 1:250000:

Hamar

Marking point:

Longitude:

11.1946940

Latitude:

60.4239220

EU89-UTM Zone 32

(Coordinates IS confirmed)

X-coord:

620830 m.

Y-coord:

6700636 m.

Commodity

Main Type:

Gem stone minerals

Sub Type:

Emerald

Production

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Importance

Public: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

Economical: Minor interest , (Confirmed 24.jan.2013 by Havard Gautneb)

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Abstract

In Norway, just one occurrence of emerald has been mined, located at the Byrud farm on the shore of Lake Mjøsa near Minnesund in Eidsvoll, about 70 km north of Oslo. The deposit was worked by an English company around 1900, and even today collectors are able to find good specimens.

Bibliography:

From NGU's Reference Archive:

Kvamsdal, Lars O. , 2009

Mineraler fra Byrud

;Norske Amatørgeologers Sammenslutning (NAGS);ARTIKKEL;Stein; No.36 (2);32-33 pages

Nordrum, Fred Steinar , 2006

The emerald deposit at Byrud, Eidsvold, South Norway

;Norsk Bergverksmuseum;ARTIKKEL;Skrift; No.33;s.9-16 pages

Abstract:

In Scandinavia, just one occurrence of emerald has been mined, located at the Byrud farm on the shore of Lake Mjøsa near Minnesund in Eidsvoll, about 70 km north of Oslo. The deposit was worked by an English company around 1900, and even today collectors are able to find good specimens.

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	Abstract:
	In Scandinavia, just one occurrence of emerald has been mined, located at the Byrud farm on the shore of Lake Mjøsa near Minnesund in Eidsvoll, about 70 km north of Oslo. The deposit was worked by an English company around 1900, and even today collectors are able to find good specimens.