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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Occurence 1160 - 607 Hiksdal
(Object Id: 16270)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Rogaland Municipality: Vindafjord (1160)
Map 1:50000: Etne (1214-2) Map 1:250000: Haugesund
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 323329 m. North: 6612998 m.
Longitude: 5.8678870 Latitude: 59.6176480
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Resource
Resource Type: Gneiss Resource Subtype: Gneiss
Brickstone(Y/N): Y
Importance
Raw material meaning: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 15.feb.2010 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification: Dry-wall stone Colour: Dark gray
Play of colours : Uniformity: Medium good
Lithology: Grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Typeprøve"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
2000 Regular production Company/Institution :Ottar Skjold Maskin
Grunneier: Einar Lien. Produksjonen er på ca. 1 årsverk.

Deposit rock
Lithology: Weathering colour:
Genesis: Form:
Main texture:
Main grain size: Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Period:
Province:
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Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :215 / 38

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Båndet mørk grå gneis. Uttak av både små og stor blokk. Produksjonen startet i 2000. Forekomsten ligger ca. 2 km fra riksvei. 2014: Bruddet drives fortsatt, og produksjon er murestein til forskjellige formål. For 2013 var produksjonen 10 250 tonn og sysselsettingen tilsvarte 1,2 årsverk.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Fra bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Annen del av bruddet"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
1160607 Hand specimen
Sampler: Leif Furuhaug/...Stored: Løkken/...Size(kg): 1


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