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Occurence 5622 - 032 Poikekuru-su
(Object Id: 730)
(Last updated: 25.10.2005)
Location
County: Finnmark Municipality: Porsanger (5622)
Map 1:50000: Lakselv (2035-3) Map 1:250000: Honningsvåg
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 35
East: 425097 m. North: 7768933 m.
Longitude: 25.0358700 Latitude: 70.0166180
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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
1901 - 1908 Pitting Nordenskjöld, 1909.
1988 - 1988 Detail mapping Company/Institution :Geological Survey of Norway
Girard, 1989.

Mineralization
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
Genesis: Hydrothermal breccia Form:
Main texture: Breccia cement Min. distribution:
Main grain size: Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Proterozoic Period: Paleoproterozoic
Province: Troms-Finnmark Basement Province
Geotec.unit: Karasjok Greenstone Belt
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Mineralogy
Relationship Mineral Amount
Ore mineral Chalcocite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Bornite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Ore mineral Pyrite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)

Information(s) in free text format
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A cluster of about 30 pits (2x2x1m) mainly in banded amphibolite. Main exploration activity in the period 1901-1908. Main mineralization type: chalcocite, pyrite and bornite dissemination or mm-sized blebs and stringlets in carbonate-quartz matrix of m-wide brecciated zones, mainly in banded amphibolite.

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