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Occurence 5605 - 024 Langvasseid
(Object Id: 1932)
(Last updated: 04.02.2005)

Location
County: Finnmark Municipality: Sør-Varanger (5605)
Map 1:50000: Høybuktmoen (2434-3) Map 1:250000: Kirkenes
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 36
East: 381484 m. North: 7724096 m.
Longitude: 29.9525490 Latitude: 69.5988690
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Resource
Resource Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Resource Subtype: Iron
Element(s): Fe
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

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


Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality Reg. date
Fe-mag. 30 % 23.12.1996

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1981 - 1983 Geology Company/Institution :Prospektering A/S
1996 - 1996 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Archean Period:
Genesis: Sedex Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 150 / 80 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Archean Period:
Province: Troms-Finnmark Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Bjørnevann Group Formation: Fisketind Formation

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Amphibole Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Magnetite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Hornblende gneiss Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Foliation Strike/Dip :150 / 80 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :150 / 80 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Malmen dannes av foldefortykninger i en synform som kommer inn fra Ørnevatn-Furuneset. To adskilte malmkropper finnes, den ene av disse har vært drevet før krigen (ett nivå). Tynne malmsoner og hornblendegneis strekker seg NV-over ned til Langfjorden. Malmareal: 8000 m2. Malmsonen er blottet litt øst for kraftlinje over minst 12 m mektighet. Det er grøftet litt lenger vest. Båndingen har hovedretning og -fall 150°/80°, men varierer en del - også fall mot ØNØ. Få meter mot NØ er et større brudd, en 6 m høy skjæring, i østskrenten, som ble drevet før krigen (en mulig tipp er helt overgrodd). Her er blottet en minst 6 m mektig, relativt flattliggende malmsone.

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Iversen, E. 1986: Jernmalmer i Sør-Varanger. Int. rapp. 1689, Prospektering A/S.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
FI0262.01 Bedrock
Sampler: Wilberg/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Fine grained, quartz banded mt min.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
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Deposit Area 5605 - 024 Langvasseid

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#
FI0262.01 Bedrock 36 -1 3 -1 -1 -.3 1.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# Rh# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi*
FI0262.01 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 -2 -.2 -1 -1.00 -2 4
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Sample No. V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr* La*
FI0262.01 1 -1 157 30.04 4.00 -5.00 -2 2.0 1.00
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Sample No. B*
FI0262.01 -3


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