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Deposit Area 515 - 613
(Last updated 21.sep.2020)

Name of Deposit Area : Valbjør
(Object Id : 0515,613,00,00)

Location
County : Oppland (05) Municipality : Vågå (0515)
Map 1:50000: Vågå (1618-1) Map 1:250000: Lillehammer
Marking point: Longitude: 9.0183670 Latitude: 61.8827460
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 500965 m. Y-coord: 6861118 m.

Commodity
Main Type: Slate and schist Sub Type: Mica schist
Brickstone(Y/N): N
Production
Activity: Stone quarrying 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 31.aug.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 31.aug.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)

Products
Commercial Name Product description
Takskifer Classification :Cleaved slabs Colour :Dark gray
Play of colours : Uniformity :Medium good
Lithology :Mica schist Grain size :Fine - medium grained (<1mm - 3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1964 - 1975 Regular production Company/Institution :Werner Kannapin
2004 - 2009 Regular production Company/Institution :Øystein Hølmo

Deposit rock
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Stratigraphic classification of host rock
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Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :122 / 44

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en mørk grå, bortimot svart granatglimmerskifer som er brutt mest for takskiferproduksjon. Men i tillegg er nok endel, som spalter tykkere, produsert til heller. Det er ikke snakk om noen stor produksjon her selv om bruddet dekker et areal på vel 8 mål. Det er brutt litt i overflata, mye skifer ligger igjen rundt bruddet og skiferen har muligens for dårlig kvalitet som takskifer. Noe av produksjonen har dessuten vært dekorskifer.
Location
Bruddet ligger i den sydvendte lia 1,3 km nord for gården Valbjør. En privat vei går inn i bruddet.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Fra bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing En annen del av bruddet"
Photo no. 3 showing Mye skifer ligger igjen i bruddet"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
5156130001 Hand specimen
Sampler :Bjørn Lund/...Stored :Løkken/...Size(kg) :,5

Name of Locality : Valbjør 1
(Object Id : 0515,613,01,00)

Location
County : Oppland (05) Municipality : Vågå (0515)
Map 1:50000: Vågå (1618-1) Map 1:250000: Lillehammer
Marking point: Longitude: 9.0206930 Latitude: 61.8818910
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 501088 m. Y-coord: 6861022 m.

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


Name of Locality : Valbjør 2
(Object Id : 0515,613,02,00)

Location
County : Oppland (05) Municipality : Vågå (0515)
Map 1:50000: Vågå (1618-1) Map 1:250000: Lillehammer
Marking point: Longitude: 9.0214340 Latitude: 61.8817380
EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates IS confirmed)
X-coord: 501127 m. Y-coord: 6861005 m.

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

Importance
Historical: No , (Confirmed 01.sep.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)


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