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	Deposit Area 437 - 047
	(Last updated 15.nov.2023)

Importance

Public:

Regional Importance (reg. 23.04.2015)

Economical:

Could be significant , (Confirmed 26.sep.2001 by Jan Sverre Sandstad)

Products

	Element/product	Crude ore grade or quality
	CU	0.4 %
	NI	1 %

Operations

	From - To	Activity	Comments
	1975 - 1977	Core drilling	Company/Institution :A/S Sulfidmalm
			109 holes drilled ana a resource of 400 000 t grading 1.0 % Ni and 0.4 % Cu (0.4 % Ni cut-off) was calculated
	1975 - 1977	Detail mapping	Company/Institution :A/S Sulfidmalm
	1975 - 1977	Geophysics	Company/Institution :A/S Sulfidmalm
			Surface geophysics including magnetics, VLF, Slingram, Turam, resistivity sounding.
	1991 - 1991	Detail mapping	Company/Institution :Norprosp AS - Folldal Verk A/S
	1991 - 1991	Geophysics	Company/Institution :Norprosp AS - Folldal Verk A/S
	1991 - 1992	Core drilling	Company/Institution :Norprosp AS - Folldal Verk A/S
			100 holes on sections between drilling in 75-77 to confirm resource. New resource estimate 105 000 t grading 1.73 % Ni and 0.55 % Cu.
	1998 - 1998	Sampling	Company/Institution :NGU
	2004 - 2004	Geophysics	Company/Institution :AS Sulfidmalm/Blackstone Ventures inc.
			Airborne regional survey covering Vakkerlien, Olkar and Kaltberget (done by NGU)
	2005 - 2006	Geophysics	Company/Institution :AS Sulfidmalm
			UTEM ground geophysical surveys

Mineralization

	Era:	Proterozoic	Period:	Neoproterozoic
	Dating:		Method:
	Genesis:	Orthomagmatic formation	Form:	Lens
	Main texture:	Structureless	Min. distribution:	Disseminated (<20 % ore minerals)

Main grain size:

Fine grained (< 1 mm)

Main alteration:

No country rock alteration

	Strike/Dip:		Direction:
			Plunge:

Stratigraphic classification of host rock

Era:

Proterozoic

Period:

Neoproterozoic

	Province:	Caledonides
	Geotec.unit:	Trondheim Nappe Complex
	Tectonic complex:
	Igneous complex:

Group:

Formation:

Mineralogy

	Relationship	Mineral	Amount
	Gangue mineral	Plagioclase	Major mineral (>10%)
	Gangue mineral	Amphibole	Major mineral (>10%)
	Gangue mineral	Epidote	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Ore mineral	Pyrrhotite	Major mineral (>10%)
	Ore mineral	Pentlandite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Ore mineral	Chalcopyrite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Ore mineral	Pyrite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Ore mineral	Violarite	Accessory mineral (<1%)
	Ore mineral	Gersdorffite	Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:

	Relationship	Rock	Origin
	Host rock	Metagabbro	Intrusive Original rock :Gabbro
			Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
	Wall rock	Tronhjemite	Intrusive Original rock :Trondhjemite
			Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
	Wall rock	Calcareous biotite schist	Sedimentary Original rock :Greywacke
			Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures

	Location:	Type:	Orientation(360 gr.):	Relation to min.:
	Host rock	Foliation	Strike/Dip :305 / 15	Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format

Abstract

Test mining was carried out in the Vakkerlien deposit in the southern part of the area in the 1870s. It consists of a cigar shaped ore body with chalcopyrite, pentlandite and pyrrhotite. The main host for the mineralizations is a metagabbroic rock, partly ultramafic surrounded by calcareous biotite-rich schists cross-cut by trondhjemitic veins. Exploration was conducted by Sulfidmalm AS from 1974, later also by Folldal Verk and since 2004 by Sulfidmalm and Falconbridge/Blackstone Ventures including core drilling. Blackstone has published reserves of 400,000 t with 1 % Ni, 0.4 % Cu.

Free text

The deposit is located down on the southern slope of the Vakkerlifjell mountain; a well-kept maintenance road for the power station in Innerdalen runs across it. The maintenance road exits from main road 3 at Kleiva, about 3km south of Yset; the deposit is located some 6km from the exit. The area is largely covered. The ore body crops out circa 200m north of the road on the north side of a peat bog. Two smaller pits with at 7m apart and a lesser one, partly overgrown, have been dug out ESE of this. These pits were supposedly operated in the 1870's and the main cut not before the 1900's, presumably by Røstvangen (Egge 1913). Extensive investigations were committed by Sulfidmalm A/S from 1974-1977, including geological mapping, geophysical measurements (VLF:CP, magnetometry, Slingram, Turam), and drilling (>100 cores). Additional geophysical measurements and core extraction (101 cores, 3400m) were done by Folldal Verk A/S in the years 1991 and 1992. The main host for the mineralizations is a metagabbroic rock, partly ultrabasic surrounded by calcareous biotite-rich schists cross-cut by trondhjemitic veins. The main gabbro body has been sampled (1200m) parallel to the regional NW-SE lineation dipping slightly SE. The ore crops out towards the NW end of the metagabbro. SE in the area, a very weakly mineralized second gabbro body parallel to the main gabbro crops out. One interpretation is that those metagabbro lenses are connected and that the mineralizations are occur along a fold hinge closing towards the NW. The sulphide mineralization form an oblong lenticular body (ie. a cigar) in the center of the main gabbro. The most common sulphides are pyrrhotite, pentlandite, and chalcopyrite with minor pyrite. Pentlandite occurs as separate grains in massive sulphide veins (a few centimetres wide), thinner veins and as isolated grains. With a cut-off grade at 0.4wt% Ni, the lenticular ore body is 1-6m thick and 15-45m wide, dipping 0E-20E SE. The E wall of the W pit shows the ore zone with 0.5m thickness in a medium grained, somewhat discoloured metagabbro with a foliation oriented at 310E/15E. Chalcopyrite, pentlandite and pyrrhotite occur both disseminated and in thin veins (sample .01), defining the most common ore type found in the tailings. Around the eastern pit, the rocks are strongly altered, but the main ore body was found to be oriented at 340E. Samples from the tailings show that pyrrhotite, pentlandite and variable amounts of chalcopyrite occur in 1-2cm wide massive bands (.03) and as veinlets, lumped aggregates and as disseminated grains (.04). Sample .05 comprises a collection of specimen sample from the tailings heap, which is estimated to have a volume of 50m3. A series of model calculations have been done by Folldal Verk A/S. Based upon 1970's data from A/S Sulfidmalm, the in-situ ore reserve is shown at 310.000 tonne, containing 1.20wt% Ni and 0.44 wt% Cu, with a cut-off grade for Ni at 0.4wt% (Killi et al 1991). Revised calculations based upon the more recent assessments in 1991 and 1992 with a more conservative cut-off grade of 0.5wt Ni give 124.000 tonne with 1.96wt% Ni and 0.60wt% Cu (Killi & Juhava 1992), and 105.000 tonne with 1.73wt% Ni and 0.55wt% Cu, respectively (Heim & Hultim 1993). The deposit is considered as a well documented resource. Blackstone Ventures Inc., holding the rights to the deposit through Sulfidmalm AS, published in 2007 on their website reserves to be 400 000 t @ 1% Ni, 0.4% Cu.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:

Photo no. 1 showing Vakkerlien, tipper"

Bibliography:

From NGU's Reference Archive:

Egge, A. , 1913

	Kobberkisforekomst i Vakkerlifjeldet i Kvikne, Norge.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 420;2 pages

	Abstract:
	Forekomsten som er avdekket med flere synker og strosser, forekommer som en ca. 1,5 m mektig impregnasjon av kobberkis. De omliggende bergartene er glimmer og hornblendeskifer. Forekomstene blir beskrevet som lovende.

Singsaas, Per , 1976

	Turammålinger Vakkerlia, Kvikne.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;NGU-rapport; No.1395;13 pages

Nilsen, Odd , 1978

	Caledonian sulphide deposits and minor iron-formations from the southern Trondheim region, Norway.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.340;35-85 + k pages

Abstract:

Within the southern and central parts of the Trondheim region of the Norwegian Caledonides a great number of small, stratabound cupriferous pyrite deposits are confined to mafic metavolcanics of the Gula, Støren and Fundsjø Groups of the Lower Palaeozoic succession. The deposits occuring within, or in close contact with the metavolcanics are characterized by their association with minor manganiferous oxide/silicate iron-formations - better known as "vasskis" ore type - within the metamorphic low-grade areas. The iron-fprmations of the metamorphic higher grade terrains on the other hand, which are extensively developed within the Gula Group, are mostly of a pyrrhotitic sulphide/silicate type and sulphurization processes are thought to have played an important role during the metamorphism. The pyrite deposits occurring adjacent to the metavolcanics bear no relationship to the iron-formations. They are embedded in pelitic, often carbonaceous assemblages (Gula Group) or within tuffitic members of the volcanogene Støren Group, and they are thought to represent re-sedimented (reworked) deposits. The pyrite deposits display varying degree of metamorphic reconstitution and a tectonic control has apparently determined their disc- or ruler-shaped morphology.

References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:

Gammon, J.B et al. 1975: Investigations at the Vakkerlien nickel deposit and surrounding Kvikne areas. BV 503.

Nixon, F. et al. 1976: Investigations in the Kvikne region, 1976. Geological, geophysical and diamond drilling investigations Vakkerlien, Kvikne. BV 521.

Nixon, F. 1977: Investigations at Vakkerlien Kvikne 1977. BV 540.

Killi, I. et al. 1991: Prosjekt Røstvangen. BV 2873.

Killi, I & Juhava, R. 1992: Vakkerlien. Prospektering 1991. Bind 1: Rapport. Bind 2: Bilagsdel. BV 1278.

Heim, J. & Hultin, I. 1993: Vakkerli 1992. Del 1: Målsetting og utførte arbeider 1992. Malmberegning. Del 2: Borkjernebeskrivelse fra boring i 1992. BV 3976.

Fieldsamples

	Sample No.	Sample type	Miscellanrous
	HE0151.01	Bedrock	Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken Comment :Kobberkis-magnetkis+pentlanditt disseminasjon/strenger i middelskornet gabbro No. of registrated element analyses = 2
	HE0151.02	Dump	Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken Comment :Finkornet kobberkis-magnetkis+pentlanditt disseminasjon/årer i middelskornet gabbro (kobberkis-rik) No. of registrated element analyses = 2

NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:

Name of Locality : Vakkerlien

(Object Id : 0437,047,01,00)

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Location

County :

Hedmark (04)

Municipality :

Tynset (0437)

Map 1:50000:

Kvikne (1620-3)

Map 1:250000:

Røros

Marking point:

Longitude:

10.2693180

Latitude:

62.5284330

EU89-UTM Zone 32

(Coordinates IS confirmed)

X-coord:

565326 m.

Y-coord:

6933692 m.

Commodity

	Main Type:	Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W)	Sub Type:	Nickel
			Element(s):	Ni Cu

Production

	Activity:	Pitting	Reserves:
	Prod. method:		Production:
	Prod. status:		Volume of dump:	50 m3

Information(s) in free text format

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Lokaliteten består av en dels gjengrodd skjæring 16 m østsørøst for synkene. Frisk bergart er ikke blottet. Prøver fra tippen ved skjæringa viser at magnetkis, pentlanditt og varierende mengder kobberkis finnes i 1-2 cm brede massive bånd (.03) og i tynne årer, aggregater og disseminasjon (.04). Prøve .05 representerer en samleprøve fra tippen som har et volum på ca. 50m3.

Fieldsamples

	Sample No.	Sample type	Miscellanrous
	HE0151.03	Dump	Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken Comment :Semi-massive bånd/aggregater/sterk disseminasjon av magnetkis-pentlanditt+kobberkis, få kobberkis aggregater i gabbro No. of registrated element analyses = 2
	HE0151.04	Dump	Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken Comment :Sterk disseminasjon av finkornet kobberkis-magnetkis+pentlanditt i finkornet gabbro No. of registrated element analyses = 2
	HE0151.05	Dump	Sampler :J.S. Sandstad/...Stored :Løkken Comment :Kobberkis-magnetkis-pentlanditt mineralisering i gabbro (samleprøve) No. of registrated element analyses = 2

NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:

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Analyse Results

from

Deposit Area 437 - 047 Vakkerlien

Element analyses

( *=parts pr. million, #=parts pr.billion, Negative values means below detection limit value.)

Sample No.	Sample Type	Cu*	Zn*	Pb*	Co*	Ni*	Ag*	Au#
HE0151.01	Bedrock	20070	501	5	407	10531	4.9	20.0
HE0151.01	Bedrock	19250	264	16	350	8980	3.1	20.0
HE0151.02	Dump	24585	261	9	334	10021	5.3	65.0
HE0151.02	Dump	22200	126	12	284	8370	3.6	44.0
HE0151.03	Dump	8111	60	5	737	30010	5.7	17.0
HE0151.03	Dump	7320	74	10	657	26700	1.3	18.0
HE0151.04	Dump	17600	87	11	346	11600	3.1	26.0
HE0151.04	Dump	17179	57	7	266	9122	4.2	27.0
HE0151.05	Dump	12197	28	5	565	21003	4.6	16.0
HE0151.05	Dump	9870	68	11	540	20000	1.4	76.0

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Sample No.	Pt#	Pd#	As*	Cd*	Ba*	Mo*	Sn*	Sb*	Bi*
HE0151.01	89.0	82.0	8	2.3	28	1.00		15	17
HE0151.01	85.0	76.0	12	1.0	60	2.62	2	0	3
HE0151.02	98.0	237.0	10	1.7	9	1.00		19	16
HE0151.02	60.0	86.0	5	.7	80	3.01	3	0	6
HE0151.03	32.0	128.0	5	.7	5	1.00		28	28
HE0151.03	38.0	128.0	6	.4	20	3.33	1	0	8
HE0151.04	52.0	90.0	4	.4	40	1.28	2	0	4
HE0151.04	52.0	88.0	2	.6	10	0.50		5	20
HE0151.05	85.0	107.0	2	.5	6	1.00		4	17
HE0151.05	86.0	102.0	4	.3	30	2.44	2	0	5

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Sample No.	Se*	Ga*	Ge*	In*	S%	V*	Cr*	Mn*	Fe%
HE0151.01					5.42	12	63	103	9.44
HE0151.01	11.00	11.10	0.10	0.12	5.46	128	361		11.75
HE0151.02					6.30	9	42	86	9.01
HE0151.02	13.00	10.15	0.11	0.11	5.09	117	316		11.20
HE0151.03					9.62	9	63	133	19.12
HE0151.03	18.00	8.11	0.19	0.06	9.39	111	477		20.70
HE0151.04	10.00	9.46	0.13	0.08	5.25	143	515		12.95
HE0151.04					5.78	10	60	75	7.39
HE0151.05					8.51	7	43	119	11.61
HE0151.05	14.00	9.19	0.13	0.06	7.12	122	379		14.90

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Sample No.	Th*	U*	W*	Rb*	Sr*	Y*	Zr*	Nb*	Ta*
HE0151.01	2.00	4.00	2		17.0
HE0151.01	2.42	0.70	1	8.5	220.0	12.4	39	2.40	0.21
HE0151.02	1.00	4.00	2		11.0
HE0151.02	2.50	0.80	1	13.8	214.0	12.8	39	3.00	0.37
HE0151.03	1.00	4.00	10		21.0
HE0151.03	1.05	0.40	0	3.9	161.0	10.8	26	1.40	0.13
HE0151.04	1.34	0.50	0	6.0	173.5	14.4	31	1.80	0.16
HE0151.04	1.00	4.00	1		12.0
HE0151.05	1.00	4.00	6		17.0
HE0151.05	1.48	0.50	1	4.6	197.5	12.8	31	2.10	0.17

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Sample No.	Cs*	La*	Ce*	B*	Li*	Be*	Al*	P*	Sc*
HE0151.01		2.00		2
HE0151.01	0.59	6.90	16.00		10	1	5	330	19.40
HE0151.02		2.00		3
HE0151.02	0.57	6.50	14.45		9	1	5	330	23.10
HE0151.03		0.50		2
HE0151.03	0.38	4.00	9.34		9	1	4	250	20.90
HE0151.04	0.55	4.80	11.65		10	1	4	350	30.10
HE0151.04		1.00		2
HE0151.05		1.00		2
HE0151.05	0.44	5.00	11.70		9	1	4	350	23.40

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Sample No.	Ti*	Te*	Hf*	Re*	Tl*
HE0151.01
HE0151.01	2540	1.45	1.20	0	0
HE0151.02
HE0151.02	2620	4.94	1.20	0	0
HE0151.03
HE0151.03	2510	7.66	0.80	0	0
HE0151.04	3110	2.25	1.10	0	0
HE0151.04
HE0151.05
HE0151.05	3050	3.57	1.00	0	0

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