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Occurence 4625 - 003 Arereirhaugen
(Object Id: 4801)
(Last updated: 05.03.2025)

Location
County: Vestland Municipality: Austevoll (4625)
Map 1:50000: Marstein (1115-3) Map 1:250000: Bergen
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 277867 m. North: 6660141 m.
Longitude: 5.0137310 Latitude: 60.0182570
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Resource
Resource Type: Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W) Resource Subtype: Nickel
Element(s): Kis Cu Co
Importance
Raw material meaning: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)

Resources and production
Activity: Pitting Reserves:
Operating method: Historical production:


Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Genesis: Orthomagmatic formation Form: Irregular
Main texture: Cataclastic Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex: Sunnhordland Batholith
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Plagioclase Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Gangue mineral Hornblende Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Gabbro Intrusive
Original rock :Gabbro

Information(s) in free text format
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Skjerpet ligger på nordsiden av Fugløy, ca. 10 m.o.h. og 30 m fra dette. Det ligger få m vest for en skjærsone som danner en liten dal. Skjærsonen er orientert N-S og faller ca. 50o mot V. Den inneholder en minst 3 m tykk granittåre. Mineraliseringen er ganske liten, dens form og orientering lyktes det ikke å studere, men den er ikke lagformig. I skjerpet ses en 0.5 m tykk pegmatittåre som skjærer mineraliseringen. I tippmaterialet ses blokker som består av pegmatitt og malm. Sulfidene forekommer enten som massive klumper eller som "veinlets" (15-20%) i den gabbroide vertsbergarten. 10 m sydvest for skjerpet ses en liten rustsone som har ca. 1% magnetkis. Mineraliseringen er antageligvis likvid-magmatisk.
Historic
Hos Foslie (1925) er denne navngitt som 301 Arereirhaugen skjerp førende magnetkis og kobber.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Foslie, Steinar , 1925
Syd-Norges gruber og malmforekomster.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.126;1-89 + ka pages
Abstract:
On the map accompanying this paper all the mines and ore deposits of Southern Norway are collected for the first time.The material has been gathered from printed and unprinted sources, communications from mining engineers and geologists, and through personal visits. Included are all mines and ore deposits of former, present and future importance. Among the 1407 deposits on the map, there are furthermore included all of doubtful value and many which are quite unworkable, but of geological interest, or those which mark the distribution of ore bearing formations. For this reason it has been necessary to mark the deposits with signs of different size. The object is only to facilitate a comprehensive view of the map, and is not an effort of economic classification, which for most of them would be quite impossible. The sizes refer to the presumed importance of the ore deposit, and has nothing to do with the extent of the mining operations. Mines and deposits out of work during the period 1913-1923 have been separately marked (see the legend), also deposits which were formerly of much greater importance than now. For the smallest mines and deposits no distinction has been made in these respects. Among them are represented partly those, which are in reality unworkable, partly those which are little investigated.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
HO0112.01 Bedrock
Sampler: Wulff, P./...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Massiv po med kornstørrelse 1 mm, noe forvitret.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
HO0112.02 Bedrock
Sampler: Wulff, P./...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Gabbroid bergart med 15-20 % po og litt (< 1 %) cpy i tynne årer.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
HO0112.03 Bedrock
Sampler: Wulff, P./...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Massiv po med 1 cm store, sterkt utvalsede plater.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 4625 - 003 Arereirhaugen

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#
HO0112.01 Bedrock 1207 58 10 1856 2694 1.8 25.0
HO0112.02 Bedrock 1061 101 6 488 885 .7 10.0
HO0112.03 Bedrock 1882 54 -3 979 1628 1.0 5.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# Rh# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi*
HO0112.01 -3.0 14.0 -5.0 29 -.2 6 18.00 7 -2
HO0112.02 -3.0 -3.0 -5.0 6 -.2 8 9.00 2 -2
HO0112.03 -3.0 11.0 -5.0 22 -.2 9 15.00 8 2
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Sample No. S% V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr*
HO0112.01 25.95 14 157 93 39.21 -2.00 -5.00 5 2.0
HO0112.02 9.34 35 140 432 16.18 -2.00 -5.00 -2 8.0
HO0112.03 14.41 26 211 230 23.62 -2.00 -5.00 2 7.0
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Sample No. La* B*
HO0112.01 1.00 -3
HO0112.02 7.00 -3
HO0112.03 2.00 8


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