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Occurence 4028 - 002 Tjørnstaul
(Object Id: 5441)
(Last updated: 28.03.2020)

Location
County: Telemark Municipality: Kviteseid (4028)
Map 1:50000: Seljord (1613-4) Map 1:250000: Skien
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 472509 m. North: 6586685 m.
Longitude: 8.5156140 Latitude: 59.4178830
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Resource
Resource Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Resource Subtype: Copper
Element(s): Cu
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

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


Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1915 - 1916 Pitting
2006 - 2006 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Genesis: Hydrothermal vein Form: Lens
Main texture: Fracture filling Min. distribution: Irregular (scattered)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 40 / 70 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Mesoproterozoic
Province: South Norwegian Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Telemark Supergroup
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Vindeggen group Formation: Brunkeberg formation

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Carbonate Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Gangue mineral Mica Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Bornite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Meta-arenite Sedimentary
Original rock :Arkosic sandstone
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Wall rock Mineral banding Strike/Dip :268 / 32 Pre-mineralisation ;...Effect :None

Information(s) in free text format
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En skogsbilvei kan følges øst for gården Groven fram til Tjørnstaultjørni. Det hersker noe forvirring om lokalisering av skjerpet. Dons (1963) nevner med forbehold en forekomst vest for tjernet, mens eieren av nedre Groven gård henviste til et skjerp sørøst for dette. En 15 m lang, 0,6-1 m bred og opptil 4-5 m høy dagskjæring er drevet på tvers av en markert, liten rygg som er orientert NØ-SV. Retningen på skjæringa er ca. 40º og kobbermineraliseringen kan best studeres i nedre del av denne. Ryggen består av rødlig gråhvit, båndet meta-arenitt med bånding 268º/32º. Den kuttes av 5-10 cm brede kvartsårer som fører bornitt og mindre mengder kobberkis. Årene opptrer stjert-om-stjert og har retning 40º/70º, parallelt en markert oppsprekking i meta-arenitten. Kobbermineralene er anriket i 10-15 cm store aggregater/klyser. Forekomsten har ubetydelig størrelse.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Dons, Johannes A. , 1963
De prekambriske bergarter i Telemark, I. Gruber og skjerp innen gradeteigkart E36V Kviteseid.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.216;1-80 pages
Abstract:
Approximately 115 mines and claims have been examined in the years 1941-1961 during regional geological mapping of the Kviteseid quadrangle. The map area covers a part of the "Thelemark-Sætersdal ore province" established by prof. J.H.L. Vogt in 1886. The oldest mine in the area, opened in the year 1524, was worked for silver bearing chalcopyrite and bornite. Other mines have been worked for gold, native copper and silver, molybdenite, galena, arsenopyrite, bismuthinite. All the mines have long since been abandoned and most of the surface workings are overgrown and difficult to find. The 15 native copper and silver deposits (which also contain vanadium minerals) form a separate group. They are all situated along the contact between a sandstone and an overlying basalt, the ore being confined to the sandstone. Most of the other deposits are of Quartz vein type. In quartzites which cover the greatest part of the map area, most of the quartz veins are barren. The great abundance of ore minerals in quartz veins in basic lavas and basic sills may be due to favourable pH conditions in these rocks. The galena deposits are found within a limited area close to a penetrating granite. The ore mineral paragenese in some of the deposits may have been formed under hypothermal to mesothermal conditions whereas other possibly originated at lower temperatures.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
TE0054.01 Bedrock
Sampler: J.S. Sandstad/...Stored: L¿kken/...Size(kg): 2
Comment: Bornite+chalcopyrite dissemination/veinlets in quartz
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
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Deposit Area 4028 - 002 Tjørnstaul

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#
TE0054.01 Bedrock 11450 -100 -100 -10 -10 36.0 170.0
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Sample No. As* Cd* Mo* Sb* Bi* Cr* Mn* Fe% W*
TE0054.01 -100 -10.0 -10.00 -10 500 -10 300 .60 -10
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Sample No. Sr* P* Ca*
TE0054.01 -10.0 0 0


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