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	Deposit 5026 - 011 Killingdal
	(Object Id: 4403) (Last updated: 07.11.2023)

Products

	Element/product	Crude ore grade or quality	Reg. date
	Cu	1,7 %	24.09.2001
	Pb	0,4 %	24.09.2001
	S	45,0 %	24.09.2001
	Zn	5,5 %	24.09.2001

Operations

	From - To	Activity	Comments
	1677 - 1692	Regular production	Company/Institution :Røros Kobberverk o.a.
			Nordre grube
	1791 - 1809	Regular production	Company/Institution :Røros Kobberverk
			Søndre grube
	1822 - 1890	Test mining	Company/Institution :Diverse interessenter
	1891 - 1986	Regular production	Company/Institution :A/S Killingdal Grubeselskap
			Ulike eiere: 1888-1895 A. Huitfeldt & Co. 1895-1945 leid av The Bede Metal & Chemical Co. Ltd.

Mineralization

	Era:	Paleozoic	Period:	Ordovician
	Genesis:	Volcex	Form:	Plate
	Main texture:	Banded	Min. distribution:	Massive (>50 % ore minerals)

Main grain size:

Fine grained (< 1 mm)

Main alteration:

Sericitisation

	Strike/Dip:		Direction:	270
			Plunge:	30

Stratigraphic classification of host rock

Era:

Paleozoic

Period:

Ordovician

	Province:	Caledonides
	Geotec.unit:	Trondheim Nappe Complex
	Tectonic complex:
	Igneous complex:

Group:

Formation:

Hersjø

Mineralogy

	Relationship	Mineral	Amount
	Gangue mineral	Quartz	Major mineral (>10%)
	Gangue mineral	Calcite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Gangue mineral	Chlorite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Gangue mineral	Muscovite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Ore mineral	Sphalerite	Major mineral (>10%)
	Ore mineral	Pyrite	Major mineral (>10%)
	Ore mineral	Pyrrhotite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Ore mineral	Chalcopyrite	Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
	Ore mineral	Bournonite	Accessory mineral (<1%)
	Ore mineral	Molybdenite	Accessory mineral (<1%)
	Ore mineral	Mackinawite	Accessory mineral (<1%)
	Ore mineral	Tetrahedrite	Accessory mineral (<1%)
	Ore mineral	Arsenopyrite	Accessory mineral (<1%)
	Ore mineral	Galena	Accessory mineral (<1%)
	Ore mineral	Covellite	Accessory mineral (<1%)

Lithology:

	Relationship	Rock	Origin
	Wall rock	Hornblende schist	Extrusive Original rock :Basalt
			Metamorphic facies :Greenschist
	Wall rock	Quartz-sericite schist	Extrusive Original rock :Basalt
			Metamorphic facies :Greenschist
	Wall rock	Chlorite schist	Extrusive Original rock :Basalt
			Metamorphic facies :Greenschist
	Wall rock	Calcareous phyllite	Sedimentary Original rock :Argillaceous sediment
			Metamorphic facies :Greenschist

Information(s) in free text format

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The Killingdal deposit is hosted by massive greenstone, locally with relict pillow structures. There also are subordinate thin layers of felsic metavolcanic rocks in the area. The deposit consists of two ore bodies, the Main Orebody and the North Orebody, which are strongly elongated, with approximately lens-shaped cross sections and occur in the hinge of a regional-scale, isoclinal fold structure. The ore bodies are parallel for about 2500 m of known length and dips about 30o W. At higher levels, the width of the Main Orebody varies at 40–80 m, and has a mean thickness of about 3.5 m, with a maximum at 10–12 m. The cross section of the North Orebody is considerably less than that of the Main Orebody and it has been exploited to a lesser extent. Pyrite is the dominant mineral, while sphalerite and chalcopyrite are subordinate phases. The principal gangue minerals are quartz and muscovite. Bands of pyrrhotite-rich ore up to a couple of centimetres in thickness are located preferentially near the hanging wall. Chemical analyses show that the Main Orebody is rather homogeneous in composition, with a high bulk sulphide–gangue ratios in relation to the North Orebody. Production from the latter was also higher in zinc and lower in copper than the Main Orebody. The mine was worked to a depth of 1400 m along the dip of the ore, and about 3 Mt with 1.7 % Cu, 5.5 % Zn, 0.4 % Pb and 45 % S was produced during more than 300 years of mining.

Bibliography:

From NGU's Reference Archive:

Vogt, J.H.L.

	Killingdal gruve.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 2555;3 pages

	Abstract:
	Rapporten er en tysk rapport med fundament i Norges Malmforekomster 1906, og omhandler gruven.

M.E. , 1907

	Killingdal Pyrites Mine, Norway.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 3691;5 pages

	Abstract:
	Rapporten er en økonomisk vurdering av forekomsten.

Aasgaard, Gunnar , 1927

	Gruber og skjerp i kisdraget Øvre Guldal-Tydal.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.129;1-196 pages

Abstract:

The occurences described in this paper form a connection between th mining districts around Røros to the south and those around Meråker to the north. The occurences lie in mountain regions partly above the forest line. The list on page 12 contains the names of all known occurrences of whatever size within the district considered. Pl. I is a geological outline map of the district, compiled from maps in the Norwegian Geological Survey. In a geological summary on pages 18-27 it is shown that no pyrite occurrences of economic importance so far have been found in an eastern zone along the Swedish boundary where the rocks consist of hard schist with sparagmites, and igneous rocks. Neither have such occurrences been found in a zone of "Stuedalsskifer" and an other zone of "Gulaskifer" towards west, both indicated on the map. The occurrences of pyrite are chiefly found in connection with fine grained, light green or gravish, partly feldspar bearing schist and in connection with green schists, mostly fine grained hornblende schists. All these zones of schist gnereally strike north and dip west. The pyrite bearing schist lie on both sildes of a large zone of igneous rocks extending from Kjølifjell in the south over Hyllingen and Melshogna to Fangen in the Meråker district in the north.

Rui, Ingolf J. , 1968

	Geologiske og petrografiske undersøkelser i traktene rundt Killingdal grube i Ålen, Sør.Trøndelag. Forsøk på å løse genetiske problemer i tilknytning til kismineraliseringen.

;UiO Geografisk inst.;AVHANDLING

Birkeland, Anne , 1986

	Mineralogisk og geokjemisk undersøkelse av Killingdal gruven, Sør-Trøndelag.

;UiO Geologisk fellesråd;AVHANDLING

Nilsen, O.; Wolff, Fr.Chr. , 1989

	Røros og Sveg. Berggrunnskart Røros og Sveg M 1:250 000; trykt i farger

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;KART;1 kart pages

	Abstract:
	Beskrivelsen finnes på kartet.

References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:

Rui, I. 1973: Structural Control and Wall Rock Alteration at Killingdal Mine, Central Norwegian Caledonides. Econ. Geology, 68, pp. 859-883.

Carlsen, Kjell B. 1984: A/S Killingdal Grubeselskap: Vurdering av fremtidig drift. BV7291

Fieldsamples

	Sample No.	Sample type	Miscellanrous
	Bh10 N64, 85.5-86.0	Core	Sampler: T. Bjerkgård/J.S. Sandstad No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	Bh10 N64, 88.25-89.0	Core	Sampler: T. Bjerkgård/J.S. Sandstad No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	Bh13 N64,17.85-19.25	Core	Sampler: T. Bjerkgård/J.S. Sandstad No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	Bh8 N64, 49.3-50.0	Core	Sampler: T. Bjerkgård/J.S. Sandstad No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	Bh9 N64, 63.0-64.0	Core	Sampler: T. Bjerkgård/J.S. Sandstad No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	Bh9 N64, 64.0-65.3	Core	Sampler: T. Bjerkgård/J.S. Sandstad No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	Bh9 N64, 66.1-67.0	Core	Sampler: T. Bjerkgård/J.S. Sandstad No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	399862	Dump	Sampler: MINDEX ASA No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	399863	Dump	Sampler: MINDEX ASA No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	399864	Dump	Sampler: MINDEX ASA No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	399865	Dump	Sampler: MINDEX ASA No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	399866	Dump	Sampler: MINDEX ASA No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	399868	Dump	Sampler: MINDEX ASA No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	399869	Dump	Sampler: MINDEX ASA No. of registrated element analyses = 1

NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:

Name of Locality: Killingdal Nord

(Object Id: 10030 11,01,00)

Location

County:

Trøndelag

Municipality:

Holtålen (5026)

Map 1:50000:

Ålen (1720-4)

Map 1:250000:

Røros

Coordinate system:

EU89-UTM Zone 32

East:

626067 m.

North:

6965654 m.

Longitude:

11.4723680

Latitude:

62.7993620

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Resource

	Resource Type:	Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn)	Resource Subtype:	Zinc
			Element(s):	Zn Cu Kis

Resources and production

	Activity:	Test mining	Reserves:
	Operating method:	Underground mining	Historical production:

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:

Photo no. 1 showing Killingdal nord"

Fieldsamples

	Sample No.	Sample type	Miscellanrous
	ST0200.01	Dump	Sampler: Sandstad, J.S./...Stored: Løkken/...Size(kg): 2 Comment: po+cpy malm, massive bånd (2-5 mm) i kvarts-amfibol bergart. No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	ST0200.02	Dump	Sampler: Sandstad, J.S./...Stored: Løkken/...Size(kg): 2 Comment: po bånd i mørk kloritttskifer, litt cpy rundt kvartlinser No. of registrated element analyses = 1

NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:

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Analyse Results

from

Deposit Area 5026 - 011 Killingdal

Element analyses

( *=parts pr. million, #=parts pr.billion, Negative values means below detection limit value.)

Sample No.	Sample Type	Cu*	Zn*	Pb*	Co*	Ni*	Ag*	Au#
Bh10 N64, 85.5-86.0	Core	3890	45200	2120	136	54	22.6	67.0
Bh10 N64, 88.25-89.0	Core	917	113000	8490	84	12	85.7	94.0
Bh13 N64,17.85-19.25	Core	3900	89500	5180	174	18	41.1	192.0
Bh8 N64, 49.3-50.0	Core	30100	44100	1635	642	11	26.8	178.0
Bh9 N64, 63.0-64.0	Core	20900	4400	106	291	10	22.0	288.0
Bh9 N64, 64.0-65.3	Core	18300	33900	3400	275	13	35.1	226.0
Bh9 N64, 66.1-67.0	Core	6850	210000	14900	89	35	74.8	232.0
ST0200.01	Dump	942	333	46	53	171	.7	21.0
ST0200.02	Dump	785	705	104	88	299	.8	24.0
399862	Dump	12000	78000	4405	123	23	21.9	67.0
399863	Dump	77000	19000	1074	107	12	19.7	68.0
399864	Dump	22000	4048	397	185	15	12.7	50.0
399865	Dump	6380	69000	2101	20	15	16.8	107.0
399866	Dump	1917	15000	8633	45	17	12.8	20.0
399868	Dump	8315	67000	5503	431	52	41.4	273.0
399869	Dump	6827	102000	7436	138	25	64.7	93.0

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Sample No.	Pt#	Pd#	As*	Cd*	Ba*	Mo*	Sn*	Sb*	Bi*
Bh10 N64, 85.5-86.0	2.5	4.0	441	115.5	1000	4.83	6	9	20
Bh10 N64, 88.25-89.0	2.5	2.0	1475	277.0	90	6.09	12	27	116
Bh13 N64,17.85-19.25	2.5	2.0	501	222.0	660	17.00	5	17	57
Bh8 N64, 49.3-50.0	2.5	.5	792	87.3	70	17.40	6	18	40
Bh9 N64, 63.0-64.0	2.5	.5	290	12.6	100	8.40	3	3	23
Bh9 N64, 64.0-65.3	2.5	.5	1320	75.5	60	10.75	8	88	54
Bh9 N64, 66.1-67.0	2.5	.5	1235	527.0	80	5.75	26	91	114
ST0200.01	12.0	38.0	319	1.6	65	8.00		-3	-3
ST0200.02	9.0	8.0	168	4.6	56	28.00		-3	-3
399862			149	142.2	12	20.00		8	30
399863			146	51.2	27	4.00		5	3
399864			378	11.2	7	24.00		7	3
399865			156	202.4	19	10.00		17	19
399866			139	33.5	36	13.00		32	13
399868			184	173.5	14	18.00		16	62
399869			222	213.0	17	12.00		17	180

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Sample No.	Se*	Ga*	Ge*	In*	S%	V*	Cr*	Mn*	Fe%
Bh10 N64, 85.5-86.0	33.00	16.35	0.23	2.15	10.00	75	27	144	27.10
Bh10 N64, 88.25-89.0	28.00	9.90	0.22	7.10	10.00	4	3	269	37.40
Bh13 N64,17.85-19.25	48.00	24.60	0.29	3.03	10.00	50	17	725	33.30
Bh8 N64, 49.3-50.0	127.00	10.05	0.51	3.62	10.00	13	3	127	40.60
Bh9 N64, 63.0-64.0	59.00	12.45	0.30	1.14	10.00	112	14	420	26.50
Bh9 N64, 64.0-65.3	50.00	9.93	0.29	2.42	10.00	25	13	84	29.60
Bh9 N64, 66.1-67.0	26.00	18.60	0.20	13.75	10.00	43	20	1250	26.20
ST0200.01					7.73	318	54	1640	15.96
ST0200.02					11.88	185	43	610	26.09
399862						1	165	252	10.00
399863						8	35	784	19.50
399864						2	107	404	10.00
399865						2	118	178	14.90
399866						8	152	78	14.60
399868						7	67	268	10.00
399869						1	48	168	10.00

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Sample No.	Th*	U*	W*	Rb*	Sr*	Y*	Zr*	Nb*	Ta*
Bh10 N64, 85.5-86.0	1.84	3.20	1	35.9	8.9	10.8	113	0.60	0.05
Bh10 N64, 88.25-89.0	0.03	0.40	1	1.3	0.8	0.3	1	0.05	0.03
Bh13 N64,17.85-19.25	2.35	2.40	1	20.4	22.5	13.6	76	1.50	0.09
Bh8 N64, 49.3-50.0	0.43	0.80	1	5.4	2.7	1.1	13	0.30	0.03
Bh9 N64, 63.0-64.0	0.67	0.70	1	22.5	24.7	9.3	63	2.00	0.12
Bh9 N64, 64.0-65.3	0.39	0.80	1	6.0	1.6	0.7	8	0.10	0.03
Bh9 N64, 66.1-67.0	1.51	0.70	1	17.6	33.9	5.2	15	0.60	0.05
ST0200.01	8.00	-8.00	-2		15.0
ST0200.02	8.00	-8.00	-2		7.0
399862					3.0
399863					4.0
399864					4.0
399865					3.0
399866					5.0
399868					5.0
399869					3.0

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Sample No.	Cs*	La*	Ce*	B*	Li*	Be*	P*	Sc*	Ti*
Bh10 N64, 85.5-86.0	0.27	6.60	19.05		6	0	90	9.00	760
Bh10 N64, 88.25-89.0	0.05	0.25	0.35		1	0	5	0.10	25
Bh13 N64,17.85-19.25	0.51	5.90	13.80		7	1	230	2.30	550
Bh8 N64, 49.3-50.0	0.16	0.90	2.02		3	0	10	0.40	70
Bh9 N64, 63.0-64.0	0.78	4.10	11.10		10	0	330	15.00	3070
Bh9 N64, 64.0-65.3	0.08	1.90	3.02		2	0	5	0.80	90
Bh9 N64, 66.1-67.0	1.19	6.30	13.30		5	0	120	3.00	490
ST0200.01		64.00		-3
ST0200.02		31.00		-3
399862		0.50							30
399863		4.00							300
399864		3.00							30
399865		6.00							30
399866		0.50							30
399868		3.00							30
399869		0.50							30

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Sample No.	Te*	Hf*	Re*	Tl*
Bh10 N64, 85.5-86.0	0.35	3.10	0	17
Bh10 N64, 88.25-89.0	0.78	0.05	0	10
Bh13 N64,17.85-19.25	2.27	2.20	0	27
Bh8 N64, 49.3-50.0	2.73	0.40	0	11
Bh9 N64, 63.0-64.0	1.86	1.70	0	16
Bh9 N64, 64.0-65.3	1.53	0.20	0	15
Bh9 N64, 66.1-67.0	0.83	0.50	0	28
ST0200.01
ST0200.02
399862
399863
399864
399865
399866
399868
399869

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