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Occurence 5546 - 606 Morsoneset
(Object Id: 12428)
(Last updated: 29.05.2013)

Location
County: Troms Municipality: Kvænangen (5546)
Map 1:50000: Kvænangen (1734-1) Map 1:250000: Nordreisa
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 34
East: 540394 m. North: 7738365 m.
Longitude: 22.0457770 Latitude: 69.7502250
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Resource
Resource Type: Slate and schist Resource Subtype: Quartzitic flagstone
Brickstone(Y/N): Y
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 22.sep.2012 by Bjørn Lund)

Resources and production
Activity: Stone quarrying Reserves:
Operating method: Open pit mining Historical production:


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Kvartsittskifer Classification: Cleaved slabs Colour: Grayish
Play of colours : Uniformity:
Lithology: Quartzrich flagstone Grain size: Fine - medium grained (<1mm - 3 mm)

Mineralogy:
Feldspar Major mineral (>10%)
Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Mica Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"
Photo no. 2 showing Håndstuff"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
- 1939 Regular production

Deposit rock
Lithology: Quartzrich flagstone Weathering colour: Gray
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Genesis: Form: Layer
Main texture: Schistose
Main grain size: Fine - medium grained (<1mm - 3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 260 / 26 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :260 / 26

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Over et område på 200 x 200 m ligger flere små kvartsittbrudd. Bruddene ble drevet til like før krigen (1940). Skiferen er en tyntspaltende kvartsittskifer og ble brukt hovedsakelig til takskifer. Området har også potensial til murestein.
Location
Bruddorådet ligger like ved sjøen, men er uten veiforbindelse. Nærmeste vei ligger ved Toppelbukt i en avstan av sc.1,5 km.


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