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Occurence 4014 - 305 Brentholmen
(Object Id: 8399)
(Last updated: 20.06.2025)

Location
County: Telemark Municipality: Kragerø (4014)
Map 1:50000: Kragerø (1712-4) Map 1:250000: Arendal
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32
East: 523052 m. North: 6519014 m.
Longitude: 9.3990650 Latitude: 58.8104540
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Resource
Resource Type: Feldspar Resource Subtype: Pegmatitic feldspar

Importance
Raw material meaning: Not Assessed (reg. 18.02.2015)

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


Products
Element/product Crude ore grade or quality Reg. date
Pegmatitic feldspar % 15.10.2024

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Beliggenhet: N58.81046°, Ø9.39908°. Omkring 150 M NØ for toppen av Kolberg, og ca. 175 m VSV for bryggen til den nedlagte feltspatmøllen. Geologiske forhold: Pegmatitten danner en ca. 125 m lang, vertikal linse med strøk omkring Ø-V, konkordant med omgivende bergart. Linsen er 17 m mektig ved bruddet, men snevrer inn mot begge ender (se kartskissen for foregående forekomst). Mineraler: Pegmatitten består av en forholdsvis finkornet blanding av hvit kalifeltspat og kvarts (tint). En stor del av dette opptrer som skriftgranitt. Kalifeltspaten kan danne opptil knyttenevestore individer. Det opptrer kvartsmasser opptil 1 m i diameter. Dessuten er det litt plagioklas og små mengder småskjellig biotitt. Arbeid og historie: Det er sprengt ut en ca. 20 m langs dagstrosse som er 6 m bred ved åpningen men utvides til 10 m inne i bruddet. Bakveggen i bruddet er opptil 5 m høy. Bruddet var i virksomhet en periode under driftstiden til Langholmen mineralmølle og leverte råstoff til denne.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Andersen, Olaf , 1931
Feltspat II. Forekomster i fylkene Buskerud og Telemark, i flere herreder i Aust-Agder og i Hidra i Vest-Agder.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.128B;1-109 pages
Abstract:
Summary s. 151. Feldspar deposits in Southern Norway. (Feltspat II by Olaf Andersen and Feltspat III by Tom F.W. Barth) A few years ago one of the writers published a general outline of the properties, mode of occurrence, exploitation and uses of feldspar with special reference to the Norwegian feldspar industry (Olaf Anderesn, Feltspat I, Norges geologiske undersøkelse, Nr. 128A, 1926). To that publication the reader is referred for general in- formation regarding the feldspar industry of Norway. In the present publi- cation brief descriptions are given of 262 individual feldspar deoposits, all situated in the part of Southern Norway that extends, generally in a rather narrow zone, along the coast westward from the neighbourhood of Kragerø to the island Hidra near Flekkefjord. The deposita described lie in the counties Buskerud, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder, and are distributed over a large number of local districts (herreder). The most important districts at present are those in the neighbourhood of Kragerø ((Bamble, Skåtøy and Sannidal), those along the coast between Risør and Arendal (especially Søndeled, Holt and Froland), and the two districts north of Kristiansand (Iveland and Evje). Each description contains information about the dimensions and general attitude of the pagmatite body and the feldspar.


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