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Occurence 5605 - 052 Ferdesvatn
(Object Id: 1960)
(Last updated: 04.02.2005)

Location
County: Finnmark Municipality: Sør-Varanger (5605)
Map 1:50000: Neiden (2334-2) Map 1:250000: Kirkenes
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 36
East: 357542 m. North: 7740162 m.
Longitude: 29.3134700 Latitude: 69.7308710
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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: Exploration Reserves:
Operating method: Historical production:


Operations
From - To Activity Comments
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: 125 / 70 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Archean Period:
Province: Troms-Finnmark Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Amphibole Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Magnetite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Light grey granitic gneiss Sedimentary
Original rock :Greywacke
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
Wall rock Amphibolite Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Foliation Strike/Dip :125 / 70 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :125 / 70 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Mineraliseringen ligger 800 m øst for Ferdesvatn. Den opptrer i en amfibolitthorisont som strekker seg SØ-over til Soarvenjunni-mineraliseringen (FI0285). Den båndede amfibolitten består av veksling av lyse (feltspatrike) og mørke amfibolittbånd, granatrike bånd og rene kvartsbånd. Disse veksler med lys, finkornig gneis. Tre horisonter av finkornet kvartsbåndet magnetitt-mineralisering med litt svovelkis (prøve 01) opptrer i (hovedsaklig) lys gneis: Fra ligg (øst) til heng (vest): 5 - 15 cm mektig mineralisering, 10 - 30 cm (varierende) mektig lys gneis, 10 - 20 cm mektig mineralisering, 0.5 - 1 m mektig lys gneis og øverst 0.5 m mektig mineralisering. Litt lenger SSØ, den mineraliserte sonen kan følges minst 100 m, opptrer en magnetitt-mineralisering av minst 1.5 m mektighet.

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Iversen, E. 1989: Kartblad Neiden (2334 II). Feltarbeider 1989. Int. rapp. 2074. Prospektering A/S.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
FI0290.01 Bedrock
Sampler: Wilberg/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Fine grained, quartz banded mt. min. with a little py.
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 - 052 Ferdesvatn

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#
FI0290.01 Bedrock 21 13 -3 -1 3 -.3 2.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# Rh# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi*
FI0290.01 2.0 3.0 5.0 -2 -.2 14 -1.00 -2 2
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Sample No. S% V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr*
FI0290.01 .15 9 3 362 18.27 7.00 -5.00 -2 2.0
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Sample No. La* B*
FI0290.01 7.00 -3


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