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Occurence 5055 - 604 Vuttudal
(Object Id: 19854)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Trøndelag Municipality: Heim (5055)
Map 1:50000: Snillfjord (1521-4) Map 1:250000: Trondheim
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 519705 m. North: 7024287 m.
Longitude: 9.3937120 Latitude: 63.3467770
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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 13.jul.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: Cleaved slabs Colour: Dark gray
Play of colours : Uniformity:
Lithology: Banded gneiss Grain size: Medium - coarse grained (1 - >3mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
2005 Regular production Company/Institution :Ekren A/S, Melhus

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:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Schistosity Strike/Dip :38 / 85

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en middelskornet, mørk glimmergneis som brytes for muresteinsbruk. Et entreprenørfirma på Melhus driver bruddet i perioder de har bruk for murestein til egen virksomhet. Bergarten er mørk grå og består av biotitt, kvarts og feltspat med amfibolittiske bånd. Stedvis sterk folding kompliserer drifta, likeså en pegmatitt bestående av nesten ren kvarts. Bergarten er nokså oppsprukket.
Location
På fylkesveien mellom Våvatnet og Kyrksæterøra kommer man til Vuttudal etter ca. 10 km kjøring fra Våvatnet. Bruddet ligger i skogsterreng ca. 1 km vest for bebyggelsen i Vuttudal SV for veien, godt skjermet for innsyn.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Utbrudt materiale"
Photo no. 3 showing Stuff i bruddet"
Photo no. 4 showing Fra bruddet"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
1613604 Hand specimen
Sampler: Leif Furuhaug/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Gneis


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