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Occurence 4214 - 608 Mjåvatn IV
(Object Id: 18126)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Agder Municipality: Froland (4214)
Map 1:50000: Arendal (1611-4) Map 1:250000: Arendal
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 470787 m. North: 6488880 m.
Longitude: 8.4982080 Latitude: 58.5394460
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Resource
Resource Type: Sandstone and conglomerate Resource Subtype: Quartzite
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
Murestein Classification: Dry-wall stone Colour: Grayish
Play of colours : Uniformity: Medium good
Lithology: Quartzrich flagstone Grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm)

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

Photo no. 1 showing Salgsvare på pall og i storsekk"

Deposit rock
Lithology: Quartzrich flagstone Weathering colour:
Era: Proterozoic Period:
Genesis: Sedimentary/metamorphic 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 :189 / 90

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bruddet er ganske lite, men har gode utvidelsesmuligheter. Ellers er geologien lik den i bruddet Mjåvatn III.
Location
Dette bruddet ligger 400 m videre etter samme vei som beskrevet i forekomst Mjåvatn III.

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


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