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Deposit 4622 - 607 Skålheim
(Object Id: 25040)
(Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location
County: Vestland Municipality: Kvam (4622)
Map 1:50000: Strandebarm (1215-1) Map 1:250000: Bergen
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 343657 m. North: 6696770 m.
Longitude: 6.1641140 Latitude: 60.3770760
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Resource
Resource Type: Gneiss Resource Subtype: Gneiss
Brickstone(Y/N): Y
Importance
Raw material meaning: Local Importance (reg. 28.02.2017)
Historical: No , (Confirmed 10.feb.2015 by Leif Furuhaug)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Murestein Classification: Cleaved slabs Colour: Gray
Play of colours : Uniformity:
Lithology: Gneiss Grain size: Medium grained (1-3 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 :330 / 20

Information(s) in free text format
Description
Bergarten er en middelskornet grå, båndet gneis bestående av hovedmineralene feltspat og kvarts. Også endel mm-store korn av rød granat finnes i bergarten, og den har tydelig foliasjon. Her produseres murestein til grovere murer, og det som ikke kan brukes til murer blir knust og brukes som pukk.
Location
Bruddet ligger 7-800 m NV for Nordheimsund sentrum. Bruddområdet dekker et areal på vel 20 mål.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Annen del av bruddet"
Photo no. 2 showing Fra bruddet"

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
12386070001 Hand specimen
Sampler: Leif Furuhaug/...Stored: Løkken/...Size(kg): 1


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