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(Last updated: 12.09.2023)

Location
County: Municipality: Mangler ()
Map 1:50000: Kvikne (1620-3) Map 1:250000: Røros
Coordinate system: UTM-Zone 33 - EUREF89/WGS84
East: 575120 m. North: 6939550 m.
Longitude: 10.4636470 Latitude: 62.5794690
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Resource
Resource Type: Base metals (Cu,Zn,Pb,Fe sulphides, As,Sb,Bi,Sn) Resource Subtype: Sulphides
Element(s): Kis Co
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

Resources and production
Activity: Test mining Reserves:
Operating method: Open pit and underground mining Historical production:


Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1912 - 1914 Test mining Company/Institution :Bergasessor Spinzig
1974 - 1974 Sampling Company/Institution :A/S Sulfidmalm
1998 - 1998 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Genesis: Volcex Form: Lens
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Medium grained (1-3 mm) Main alteration: Chloritisation
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Neoproterozoic
Province: Caledonides
Geotec.unit: Trondheim Nappe Complex
Tectonic complex: Gula Nappe
Igneous complex:
Group: Gula Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Mica Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Gangue mineral Chlorite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrrhotite Major mineral (>10%)
Ore mineral Sphalerite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Chalcopyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Wall rock Quartzite Sedimentary
Original rock :Exhalite
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
Wall rock Quartz mica schist Sedimentary
Original rock :Greywacke
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
Wall rock Amphibolite Extrusive
Original rock :Basalt
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Wall rock Foliation Strike/Dip :22 / 15 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None
Wall rock Schistosity Strike/Dip :330 / 25 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger i bunnen av elvedalen på vestsida av Russu og 400 m nord for brua over elva. En 14 m lang dagstoll går inn fra elvebredden mot vest. Den er 5 m høy lengst i vest, og åpningen til en stoll som i følge Berg (1917) skal være 50-60 m lang er trolig gjenrast. Stollen ble påbegynt av bergassessor Spinzig, men arbeidene ble avsluttet ved starten av 1. verdenskrig. Malmsonen er derfor ikke tilgjengelig i dag. I dagstollen kan tektonostratigrafien til de tilnærmet flattliggende sideebergartene studeres. Nederst finnes kvarts-glimmerskifer som pålagres av 1-2 m mektig, finkornet amfibolitt. Den er dels klorittisert og fører svak magnetkis disseminasjon. På toppen i veggen i dagstollen ligger kvartsitt med smale (opptil 10 cm) linser av massiv magnetkis i den nedre delen. Det er sannsynlig at dette nivået representerer malmnivået. Massiv, middelskornet magnetkis med varierende innhold av kobberkis er dominerende malmtype på tippen (prøve .03). Kobberkis opptrer i linser og smale bånd i magnetkisen dels sammen med sinkblende (prøve .01). De ulike malmineralene finnes i ulike bånd med glimmerrike bånd (2-4 mm) i mellom (prøve .02).

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:
Photo no. 1 showing Russu dagskjæring"

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Berg, P. J. , 1917
Sæterfjeldets kisfelt.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;FAGRAPPORT;Bergarkivet; No.BA 1772;1 pages
Abstract:
Rapporten beskriver følgende forekomster: - Sæterfjellets kisfelt som opptrer som en rekke ganger med stor regelmessighet og med mektigheter fra en til ti meter. Malmmineraliseringen er kobberholdig svovelkis. - Sandfjellets kisfelt, forekomstene er lite undersøkt. - Løken, Estermoen og Orkelbogen er et ca 10 km langt felt med betydelige mektigheter.

Nilsen, Odd , 1978
Caledonian sulphide deposits and minor iron-formations from the southern Trondheim region, Norway.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.340;35-85 + k pages
Abstract:
Within the southern and central parts of the Trondheim region of the Norwegian Caledonides a great number of small, stratabound cupriferous pyrite deposits are confined to mafic metavolcanics of the Gula, Støren and Fundsjø Groups of the Lower Palaeozoic succession. The deposits occuring within, or in close contact with the metavolcanics are characterized by their association with minor manganiferous oxide/silicate iron-formations - better known as "vasskis" ore type - within the metamorphic low-grade areas. The iron-fprmations of the metamorphic higher grade terrains on the other hand, which are extensively developed within the Gula Group, are mostly of a pyrrhotitic sulphide/silicate type and sulphurization processes are thought to have played an important role during the metamorphism. The pyrite deposits occurring adjacent to the metavolcanics bear no relationship to the iron-formations. They are embedded in pelitic, often carbonaceous assemblages (Gula Group) or within tuffitic members of the volcanogene Støren Group, and they are thought to represent re-sedimented (reworked) deposits. The pyrite deposits display varying degree of metamorphic reconstitution and a tectonic control has apparently determined their disc- or ruler-shaped morphology.

References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Sivertsen, R. 1975: Geological, geophysical and diamond drilling investigations in the Kvikne area 1974. Project 905.20. Bergvesenet rapport nr. BV 1014, 21s.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
HE0144.01 Dump
Sampler: J.S. Sandstad/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Massiv, middelskornet magnetkis+kobberkis, kobberkis danner linser/bånd
No. of registrated element analyses = 2
HE0144.02 Dump
Sampler: J.S. Sandstad/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Semi-massiv, båndet kobberkis-sinkblende-magnetkis malm med glimmer-laminer
No. of registrated element analyses = 2
HE0144.03 Dump
Sampler: J.S. Sandstad/...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Massiv magnetkis-kobberkis malm, kobberkis i aggregater/linser/bånd
No. of registrated element analyses = 2
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


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