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Deposit Area 517 - 628
(Last updated 27.sep.2011)

Name of Deposit Area : Veslebekkranden
(Object Id : 0517,628,00,00)
The deposit area belongs to the Province : Klebersten i Nord-Gudbrandsdal

Location
County : Oppland (05) Municipality : Sel (0517)
Map 1:50000: Otta (1718-4) Map 1:250000: Lillehammer
Marking point: Longitude: 9.4883530 Latitude: 61.7567980
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 525782 m. Y-coord: 6847184 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Soapstone and serpentinite Sub Type: Soapstone
Brickstone(Y/N): N
Production
Activity: Stone quarrying Reserves:
Prod. method: Open pit mining Production:
Prod. status: Disused, closed Volume of dump:

Importance
Public: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)
Economical: Not classified/evaluated , (Confirmed 28.nov.2006 by Leif Furuhaug)
Historical: Yes , (Confirmed 27.sep.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Kleberstein Classification :Cleaved slabs Colour :Dark green
Play of colours : Uniformity :Poor
Lithology :Soapstone Grain size :Medium grained (1-3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Deposit rock
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Information(s) in free text format
Description
Kleberen her er ganske talkrik, men mørk grønn-grå av farge og med en viss gneis-struktur. Bruddet har vært drevet fra sent på 1700-tallet eller tidlig 1800 til 1960-årene. Materialet som ble tatt ut ble brukt til ovner og peiser. Bruddet er ca. 20 m langt og 5-6 m bredt og vannfylt SØ-enden.
Location
Bruddet ligger i et lite dalsøkk 30 m øst for veien ned fra Pillarguri. Fra Pillarguri-bruddet er avstanden vel 1 km.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing SØ-ende av bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing En utdrevet, tynn klebersteinsone"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
0517628 Hand specimen
Sampler :Bjørn Lund/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :2


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