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Occurence 3120 - 370 Bergenhus
(Object Id: 8906)
(Last updated: 22.08.2024)

Location
County: Østfold Municipality: Rakkestad (3120)
Map 1:50000: Sarpsborg (1913-1) Map 1:250000: Oslo
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates NOT confirmed)
East: 633418 m. North: 6589092 m.
Longitude: 11.3512080 Latitude: 59.4192280
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Resource
Resource Type: Feldspar Resource Subtype: Pegmatitic feldspar

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
Pegmatitic feldspar % 15.10.2024

Mineralization
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Information(s) in free text format
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Broch (1934) beskriver beliggenheten som 600 m vestsydvest for gården Bergenhus og 100 m nordøst for sportsplassen. Gruva skal ha vært i drift i flere perioder fra 1880 til 1925 og det ble utvunnet primært feltspat og litt glimmer. "Det sees nu som en vannfylt grop med lengderetninge øst-vest og steile vegger. Vidden er i dagen 6x35 m, dybden angivelig 10 m. I østenden skal der være en tunnel som blev revet inn omkring 1925." (Broch, 1934)
Location
Ut fra stedsbeskrivelsen til Broch (1934) bør rett koordinater være EU89 UTM sone 32 633512 6589171 som (90 år etter Brochs angivelse) ligger midt i et boligfelt mellom Ekornstien og Hareveien.

Bibliography:
From NGU's Reference Archive:
Broch, Olaf Anton , 1934
Feltspat IV. Forekomster i Akershus og Østfold øst for Glomma.
;Norges geologiske undersøkelse;TIDSSKRIFTARTIKKEL;NGU; No.141;1-119 pages
Abstract:
In this publication, which is a sequel to Feltspat II and III by Olaf Andersen and Tom F.W. Barth, brief and exoteric descriptions and some information on production and history are given of about 180 individual feldspar, quartz, and mica deposits, all of them situated east of the river Glomma in south-eastern Norway. Particulars of purely geological or mineralogical interest are few; most of them are given as footnotes or in the preface, but the minerals of each deposit, exceot quartz, feldspar and mica, are listed. The deposits are cross cutting pegmatite dikes, with a northeastern strike and a steep dip. The dikes exhibit a marked zoning; moreover, they are remarkably free from rare minerals, the occurrences of which seems to be restricted almost entirely to the dikes near the Idefjord (Bohus) granite.


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