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Occurence 5006 - 607 Kokkås
(Object Id: 20203)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Trøndelag Municipality: Steinkjer (5006)
Map 1:50000: Snåsavatnet (1723-2) Map 1:250000: Grong
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 633121 m. North: 7104940 m.
Longitude: 11.7267280 Latitude: 64.0455620
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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.okt.2009 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification: Cleaved slabs Colour:
Play of colours : Uniformity:
Lithology: Grain size:

Photo no. 1 showing Gneis"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
2007 Test mining Company/Institution :Gaundal

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 :215 / 30

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en finkornet gneis med vekslende lag av biotitt og sandstein. Fargen på bruddflatene er grå med mørke striper. Den brytes for å bruke som murestein, men synes ikke å være av topp kvalitet. Bergarten har relativt dårlig kløv, enkelte steder smuldrer den lett opp og fargen er litt kjedelig. Det er brutt fjell i ca. 50 m lengde langs veien og skjæringen i bakkant er minst 10 m høy.
Location
Forekomsten ligger ved en kommunal vei (nr. 274) mellom Røysing via Ramstad mot Stod. Avstand fra Røysing er 3,4 km.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Bruddveggen"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
1702607 Hand specimen
Sampler: Leif Furuhaug/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Gneis


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