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	Occurence 3114 - 004 Haugengruva (Våler)
	(Object Id: 6628) (Last updated: 22.10.2025)

Products

	Element/product	Crude ore grade or quality	Reg. date
	Ni	1.5 %	18.02.2005

Mineralization

	Era:	Proterozoic	Period:	Mesoproterozoic
	Genesis:	Orthomagmatic formation	Form:	Irregular
	Main texture:	Structureless	Min. distribution:	Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)

Main grain size:

Fine grained (< 1 mm)

Main alteration:

	Strike/Dip:		Direction:
			Plunge:

Stratigraphic classification of host rock

Era:

Proterozoic

Period:

Mesoproterozoic

	Province:	East Norwegian Basement Province
	Geotec.unit:	Østfold Complex
	Tectonic complex:
	Igneous complex:	Iddefjord Batholith

Group:

Formation:

Mineralogy

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

Lithology:

	Relationship	Rock	Origin
	Host rock	Metagabbro	Intrusive Original rock :Gabbro
			Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Information(s) in free text format

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Arbeidene ved forekomsten består av en ca. 24 m lang stoll med retning ca. 105 grader på østsida av en trang dal og en vannfylt synk med vegger 3 x 2 m på toppen av haugen over stollen. Enkleste adkomst til den er å følge en skogsbilvei sørover fra Vålerbanen (motorsportbane) og videre ca. 800 m på turstier sørover fra veien. Alternativt kan en traktorvei/sti følges østover fra gården Nordre Haugen. I vestveggen til synken finnes svakt foliert, fin-til middelskornet metagabbro og på tippen massiv, semimassiv til disseminert magnetkis + kobberkis i denne. Pegmatittiske slirer og ganger i granittisk gneis med foliasjon 215/20 grader dominerer i stollen. Lengst inne i denne er det svak sulfidmineralisering i amfibolittiske bånd. Det er trolig at stollen er anlagt for å forsøke å finne igjen den mineraliserte metagabbro i synken ovenfor.

Location

En vegbeskrivelse fra rv115 ved Skjønnerød: Følg skogsbilveg fra gokart-banen. Etter ca 500 meter, følg merket løype (blå) i ca 800 m fra skogsbilvegen og over et hogsfelt og ned i en kløft. Haugengruva ligger på venstre side av stien når du kommer nordøstfra.

Photo(s) from the Deposit area:

Photo no. 1 showing Haugengruva" Photo no. 2 showing Stollen"

Bibliography:

From NGU's Reference Archive:

Rekstad, J. , 1921

	Eidsberg. De geologiske forhold innen rektangelkartet Eidsbergs område

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;KARTBESKRIVELSE; BOK;NGU; No.88;76 pages

Abstract:

The territory is situated in south-eastern Norway to the east of the Oslofjord. It is an inland district which at no place reaches the sea. Glomma is the chief river which runs through the country in a southerly direction. The rocks occurring here are gneiss, granite, gabbro and schistose amphibolite, all of them of Archean age. Gneiss occupies a large area of the region. The rock has a varied appearance. Partly it is rich in mica (mica gneiss), partly it contains hornblende (hornblende-gneiss), partly it is coarse-grained and of granitoid texture. This latter form embraces also granite which has been deformed by powerful mechanical forces. This granite is intermixed with the gneiss in such a way as to make it impossible to separate them on the map. For the most part there is no distinctive demarcation between them, but the one passes into the other. The gneiss is mostly stratified, with well defined strike and dip. The granite intermixed is younger than the gneiss, but it belongs to the oldest known granites of Scandinavia. The gneiss is for the most part of igneous origin. Gabbro and amphibolite occur as numerous lenses injected into the gneiss. Connected with the gabbro here occurs nickelferous pyrrhotite. The greatest of these occurrences is at Romsås.

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
	Haugen01	Dump	Sampler: Mansur/Sandstad/...Stored: Løkken/...Size(kg): 2 Comment: Semi-massive to disseminated fine-/medium grained pyrrhotite+chalcopyrite No. of registrated element analyses = 1
	Haugen02	Dump	Sampler: Mansur/Sandstad/...Stored: Løkken/...Size(kg): 2 Comment: Massive coarse-/medium grained pyrrhotite No. of registrated element analyses = 1

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

Name of Locality: Stollinngang

(Object Id: 40659 4,01,00)

Location

County:

Østfold

Municipality:

Våler (3114)

Map 1:50000:

Vannsjø (1913-4)

Map 1:250000:

Oslo

Coordinate system:

EU89-UTM Zone 32

East:

609823 m.

North:

6593624 m.

Longitude:

10.9380190

Latitude:

59.4667250

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Resource

	Resource Type:	Ferroalloys (Cr,Ni,Co,V,Mo,W)	Resource Subtype:	Nickel
			Element(s):	Ni Cu

Resources and production

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

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Pegmatittiske slirer og ganger i granittisk gneis med foliasjon 215/20 grader dominerer i stollen. Lengst inne i denne er det svak sulfidmineralisering i amfibolittiske bånd. Det er trolig at stollen er anlagt for å forsøke å finne igjen den mineraliserte metagabbro i synken ovenfor.

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Analyse Results

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Deposit Area 3114 - 004 Haugengruva (Våler)

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#
Haugen01	Dump	2750	108	10	464	3550	1.8	3.0
Haugen02	Dump	1015	123	8	395	3100	.6	2.0

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Sample No.	Pt#	Pd#	As*	Cd*	Ba*	Mo*	Sn*	Sb*	Bi*
Haugen01	2.5	14.0	1	.6	190	2.69	2	0	1
Haugen02	2.5	9.0	3	.3	250	6.13	3	0	1

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Sample No.	Se*	Ga*	Ge*	In*	V*	Cr*	Mn*	Fe%	Th*
Haugen01	13.00	17.95	0.32	0.09	147	94	849	23.60	2.70
Haugen02	11.00	22.50	0.34	0.10	122	85	675	21.80	9.99

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Sample No.	U*	W*	Rb*	Sr*	Y*	Zr*	Nb*	Ta*	Cs*
Haugen01	2.60	0	303.0	107.0	19.9	22	27.90	13.80	24.00
Haugen02	1.60	0	210.0	99.1	18.4	21	14.60	0.39	9.18

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Sample No.	La*	Ce*	Li*	Be*	P*	Sc*	Te*	Hf*	Re*
Haugen01	9.40	22.70	88	8	1340	15.00	0.51	1.30	61
Haugen02	16.90	40.80	131	3	1000	25.40	0.53	0.80	23

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Sample No.	Tl*
Haugen01	2
Haugen02	1

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