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THE INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DATABASE
Occurence 5006 - 302 Lund
(Object Id: 7758)
(Last updated: 10.03.2005)

Location
County: Trøndelag Municipality: Steinkjer (5006)
Map 1:50000: Steinkjer (1723-3) Map 1:250000: Namsos
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 619169 m. North: 7102592 m.
Longitude: 11.4394310 Latitude: 64.0295900
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Resource
Resource Type: Carbonates Resource Subtype: Limestone

Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

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


Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality Reg. date
Soil additives 100 % 15.02.1996

Mineralization
Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician
Genesis: Sedimentary deposit Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded Min. distribution: Massive (>50 % ore minerals)
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Mineralogy
Mineral Amount
Calcite Major mineral (>10%)
Opaque Accessory mineral (<1%)
Muscovite Accessory mineral (<1%)
Quartz Accessory mineral (<1%)

Information(s) in free text format
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Forekomsten ligger 3-4 km øst for Steinkjer i Egge. Kalksteinen ligger i en ØNØ-VSV-gående ås. Kalksteinsformasjonen er splittet av et 25-30 m mektig skiferlag. Mektigheten på formasjonen er anslått til ca. 80 m. Kalksteinen er hvit til blek gul og grovkornet. Tonnasje: 4 mill. tonn i dagbrudd (Poulsen 1944). Bebyggelse gjør at forekomsten har liten økonomisk interesse i dag (2003).


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