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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Occurence 3416 - 602 Grasmo
(Object Id: 22718)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Innlandet Municipality: Eidskog (3416)
Map 1:50000: Kongsvinger (2015-2) Map 1:250000: Torsby
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 674798 m. North: 6662166 m.
Longitude: 12.1402600 Latitude: 60.0592920
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Resource
Resource Type: Sandstone and conglomerate Resource Subtype: Quartzite
Brickstone(Y/N): Y
Importance
Raw material meaning: Not Assessed (reg. 21.03.2017)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 02.nov.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification: Massive blocks Colour:
Play of colours : Uniformity:
Lithology: Quartzite Grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

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 :322 / 46

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten her er grå kvartsitt eller kvartsrik rhyolitt. Det er presset og delvis skifrig, og endel blokk sorteres ut for muring. Ellers er hovedproduktene fra bruddet knust stein (grus og pukk).
Location
Bruddet ligger 15 km SSØ for Kongsvinger i Eidsskog kommune. Søndre Åklangen er lang innsjø som går i N-S retning, og bruddet ligger like øst for denne rett over for tettstedet Sandnes i søndre ende av sjøen.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Utsortert blokk for muring"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
4026020001 Hand specimen
Sampler: Bjørn Lund/...Stored: Løkken/...Size(kg): 1


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