Fact Sheet for <b>Occurence 5610

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	Occurence 5610 - 018 Gullelven
	(Object Id: 753) (Last updated: 15.02.2005)

Location

County:

Finnmark

Municipality:

Kárášjohka (5610)

Map 1:50000:

Bæivasgiedde (2033-3)

Map 1:250000:

Karasjok

Coordinate system:

EU89-UTM Zone 35

(Coordinates NOT confirmed)

East:

408984 m.

North:

7659456 m.

Longitude:

24.7206760

Latitude:

69.0305220

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Resource

	Resource Type:	Precious metals (Au,Ag,PGE)	Resource Subtype:	Gold
			Element(s):	Au

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:

Mineralization

Era: Cenozoic Period: Quarternary

Genesis: Clastic sediment Form: Irregular

Main texture: Pore space filling Min. distribution: Irregular (scattered)

Main grain size: Very unevenly grained Main alteration:

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Stratigraphic classification of host rock

Era: Cenozoic Period: Quarternary

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Mineralogy

Relationship Mineral Amount

Ore mineral Gold Major mineral (>10%)

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Abstract

Alluvial gold have according to Bjørlykke (1966) been worked several places along Gål'lejohka, a small tributary to the Bavtajohka river. Small pits and shafts have been digged down into the 8-10 m high river terraces. Other areas with remnants of old panning equipment and variable sized pits are also found up-stream or south of the confluence between Bavtajohka and Gål'lejohka.

Bibliography:

From NGU's Reference Archive:

Bjørlykke, Harald , 1966

De alluviale gullforekomster i indre Finnmark.

;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.236;1-66 pages

Abstract:

The first find of alluvial gold in Finnmarken was made by inspector (bergmester) Tellef Dahll in 1866 in sand from a small river named Nitusjokka near Karasjok. During the following 5 years gold deposits were found in all the rivers of the Tana river systm and the Alta and Reisa rivers. Gold has been found in small amount in all kinds of sand- and gravel deposits and also in the unwashed moraine deposits. The gold fields which have been subject to production or prospection work are situated at the upper parts of the rivers. The occurrences of alluvial gold in Finnmark may be classified in The following way: 1. Preglacial accumulations undisturbed by ice erosion during the ice age. 2: Preglacial accumulations disturbed and redeposited in moraines and fluvioglacial deposits. 3. Accumulations in postglacial river beds. The gold in these deposits seems chiefly to have been washed out from the moraines. Mineralogical analyses of the mineral composition of the gold-bearing sand and gravel have been carried out. The minerals of the gold-bearing deposits may be divided in two groups: 1. Minerals belonging to the surrounding solid rock. 2. Minerals which do not seem to belong to the solid rock in the neighbourhood of the deposits.

Era:	Cenozoic	Period:	Quarternary
Genesis:	Clastic sediment	Form:	Irregular
Main texture:	Pore space filling	Min. distribution:	Irregular (scattered)

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	Relationship	Mineral	Amount
	Ore mineral	Gold	Major mineral (>10%)