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Occurence 5605 - 017 Pulkfjellet
(Object Id: 673)
(Last updated: 04.02.2005)

Location
County: Finnmark Municipality: Sør-Varanger (5605)
Map 1:50000: Høybuktmoen (2434-3) Map 1:250000: Kirkenes
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 36
East: 381640 m. North: 7740369 m.
Longitude: 29.9355940 Latitude: 69.7446630
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Resource
Resource Type: Ferrous metals(Fe, Mn, Ti) Resource Subtype: Iron
Element(s): Fe
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

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


Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1996 - 1996 Sampling Company/Institution :NGU

Mineralization
Era: Archean Period:
Genesis: Sedex Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Semi-massive (20-50 % ore minerals)
Main grain size: Fine grained (< 1 mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: 345 / 30 Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Archean Period:
Province: Troms-Finnmark Basement Province
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Bjørnevann Group Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Gangue mineral Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Gangue mineral Amphibole Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Magnetite Major mineral (>10%)

Lithology:
Relationship Rock Origin
Host rock Quartzite Sedimentary
Original rock :Sandstone
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite
Wall rock Granitic gneiss
Metamorphic facies :Amphibolite

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Host rock Foliation Strike/Dip :345 / 30 Post-mineralisation ;...Effect :None
Host rock Primary layering Strike/Dip :345 / 30 Syn-mineralisation ;...Effect :Controls

Information(s) in free text format
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Mineraliseringen er lokalisert i dalen mellom Pulkfjellet og Siidoaivi. I delvis overdekket terreng er det blottet 3 forskjellige jernmalmlinser eller -lag, fra 0.5 til 2 - 3 m mektighet. Mineraliseringen består av kvartsitt med mm-mektige bånd av finkornet magnetitt og mm-bånd, konkordante og svakt diskordante, av grovkornet magnetitt (prøve 01). Vertsbergarten er lys granittisk gneis med pegmatittiske partier. Fragmenter av den båndede jernmalmen flyter i pegmatitt.

Bibliography:
References not to be found in NGU's Reference Archive.:
Iversen, E. 1990: Kartblad 2434 III - Høybuktmoen, kartbladbeskrivelse. Int. rapp. 2170. Prospektering A/S.

Fieldsamples
Sample No. Sample type Miscellanrous
FI0018.01 Bedrock
Sampler: Wilberg, R./...Stored: Løkken
Comment: Fine grained, quartz banded mt. min.
No. of registrated element analyses = 1
NB! All analyse values are shown at the end of the printout.:


Analyse Results
from
Deposit Area 5605 - 017 Pulkfjellet

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#
FI0018.01 Bedrock 7 4 -3 -1 4 -.3 2.0
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Sample No. Pt# Pd# Rh# As* Cd* Ba* Mo* Sb* Bi*
FI0018.01 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 2 .3 11 -1.00 -2 -2
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Sample No. V* Cr* Mn* Fe% Th* U* W* Sr* La*
FI0018.01 2 1 575 17.23 4.00 -5.00 -2 2.0 1.00
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Sample No. B*
FI0018.01 -3


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