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Occurence 5027 - 603 Almås
(Object Id: 20309)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Trøndelag Municipality: Midtre Gauldal (5027)
Map 1:50000: Haltdalen (1620-1) Map 1:250000: Røros
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 596906 m. North: 6984811 m.
Longitude: 10.9120770 Latitude: 62.9800850
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Resource
Resource Type: Granite and other igneous rocks Resource Subtype: Trondhjemite
Brickstone(Y/N): Y
Importance
Raw material meaning: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 04.nov.2009 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Trondhjemitt Classification: Massive blocks Colour: White
Play of colours : Uniformity:
Lithology: Trondhjemite Grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
2009 Test mining Company/Institution :Almås Maskin AS

Deposit rock
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Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er trondhjemitt. Den skiller seg litt ut i forhold til de mer kjente trondhjemitter hvor det er brudd (Støren, Tolga, Toset etc.). De mørke mineralene opptrer over noe større felter i denne, slik at den får et spettet utseende. Bruddet er et prøvebrudd helt i oppstartfasen. Driveren, Almås Maskin AS, tenker å produsere murestein herfra. Dette er et entreprenørfirma, og de planlegger å drive steinbruddet i tider med lite oppdrag i entreprenørvirksomheten.
Location
Bruddet ligger like inntil RV30 (på nordsiden). En ny vei går i 50-100 m lengde parallelt med riksveien mellom to uttakssteder.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Østre brudd"
Photo no. 2 showing Vestre brudd"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
1648603 Hand specimen
Sampler: Leif Furuhaug/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Trondhjemitt


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