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Occurence 4215 - 603 Åmland II
(Object Id: 15636)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Agder Municipality: Lillesand (4215)
Map 1:50000: Høvåg (1511-2) Map 1:250000: Arendal
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 454529 m. North: 6446295 m.
Longitude: 8.2273810 Latitude: 58.1556070
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Resource
Resource Type: Slate and schist Resource Subtype: Amphibolite
Brickstone(Y/N): Y
Importance
Raw material meaning: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 20.nov.2009 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Commercial Name?? Classification: Dry-wall stone Colour: Black
Play of colours : Uniformity: Medium good
Lithology: Amphibolite Grain size: Fine - medium grained (<1mm - 3 mm)

Mineralogy:
Amphibole Major mineral (>10%)
Biotite Major mineral (>10%)
Plagioclase Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1900 - 1975 Regular production Company/Institution :Diverse
antatt driftsperiode

Deposit rock
Lithology: Weathering colour:
Era: Proterozoic Period:
Genesis: Metamorphic formation Form: Layer
Main texture: Foliated
Main grain size: Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period:
Province: South Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :205 / 90

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Brudd i skifrig, steiltstående amfibolitt som er egnet til murestein samt grove heller (5-10 cm). Bebyggelse kompliserer drifta i forekomsten.
Location
Ligger like ved sjøen, S for veien ved Åmland. Rett S for forekomst AA0006.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Bruddet"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
926603 Hand specimen
Sampler: Leif Furuhaug/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Amfibolitt


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