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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Occurence 3440 - 602 Mellomberg
(Object Id: 22745)
(Last updated: 08.11.2011)

Location
County: Innlandet Municipality: Øyer (3440)
Map 1:50000: Fåvang (1817-4) Map 1:250000: Lillehammer
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 569574 m. North: 6795311 m.
Longitude: 10.2981190 Latitude: 61.2857850
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Resource
Resource Type: Slate and schist Resource Subtype: Phyllite
Brickstone(Y/N): N
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 08.nov.2011 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Takskifer Classification: Cleaved slabs Colour: Red
Play of colours : Uniformity:
Lithology: Phyllite 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 :268 / 46

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er fyllitt som i Rindal-forekomsten. Fargen er også lik Rindal, likeså den falske skifrigheten, men her er vinkelen mellom lagene og skifrigheten 70°-80°. Skiferlagene kiler ofte ut, og gir småfallen skifer. Bryting på denne type skifer gir høy skrotprosent, og det er vanskelig å få skiferplater med jevn tykkelse. Bruddet er drevet i 75 meters lengde langs en steil bergvegg. Stor blokk har løsnet fra bruddveggen og rast nedover skrottippen, og det er fortsatt rasfare her.
Location
Forekomsten ligger i luftlinje ca. 1 km SV for Rindal-forekomsten.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Skrottippen med bruddet ovenfor"
Photo no. 2 showing Bruddveggen"


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