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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Occurence 5536 - 602 Furuflaten
(Object Id: 23163)
(Last updated: 20.11.2012)
Location
County: Troms Municipality: Lyngen (5536)
Map 1:50000: Storfjord (1633-4) Map 1:250000: Nordreisa
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 34
East: 466859 m. North: 7702186 m.
Longitude: 20.1549480 Latitude: 69.4268340
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Resource
Resource Type: Marble and limestone Resource Subtype: Marble
Brickstone(Y/N): N
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 28.sep.2012 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Gravsteiner Classification: Massive blocks Colour: Light gray
Play of colours : Uniformity: Medium good
Lithology: Calcite marble Grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm)

Mineralogy:
Carbonate Major mineral (>10%)

Photo no. 1 showing Håndstuff"

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
- 1995 Test beneficiation Company/Institution :Lyngen Stein

Deposit rock
Lithology: Calcite marble Weathering colour: Gray
Era: Paleozoic Period: Silurian
Genesis: Metamorphic formation Form: Massive
Main texture: Structureless
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

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Location
Bruddet ligger like ved riksvei 868 mellom Lyngseidet og Oteren, like ved sørenden av tunellen gjennom Pollfjellet.

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