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THE NATURAL STONE DATABASE
Occurence 1103 - 609 Skår
(Object Id: 9562)
(Last updated: 12.02.2008)

Location
County: Rogaland Municipality: Stavanger (1103)
Map 1:50000: Strand (1213-2) Map 1:250000: Sauda
Coordinate system: EU89-UTM Zone 32 (Coordinates NOT confirmed)
East: 333318 m. North: 6571241 m.
Longitude: 6.0772060 Latitude: 59.2472770
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Resource
Resource Type: Gneiss Resource Subtype: Gneiss
Brickstone(Y/N):
Importance
Raw material meaning: Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

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


Products
Commercial Name Product description
Heller/kantstein Classification: Cleaved slabs Colour:
Play of colours : Uniformity: Poor
Lithology: Grain size:

Mineralogy:
Quartz Major mineral (>10%)
Feldspar Major mineral (>10%)
Muscovite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Biotite Subordinate mineral (1-10%)
Carbonate Accessory mineral (<1%)
Epidote Accessory mineral (<1%)

Operations
From - To Activity Comments
1890 - 1945 Regular production

Deposit rock
Lithology: Weathering colour:
Genesis: Metamorphic formation Form: Layer
Main texture: Banded
Main grain size: Medium - coarse grained (1 - >3mm) Main alteration:
Strike/Dip: Direction:
Plunge:
Stratigraphic classification of host rock
Era: Period:
Province:
Geotec.unit:
Tectonic complex:
Igneous complex:
Group: Formation:

Structures
Location: Type: Orientation(360 gr.): Relation to min.:
Not defined Foliation Strike/Dip :189 / 9

Information(s) in free text format
Description
I sjøkanten mellom eiendommene Skår og Rossån ble det i 1890-årene og under siste verdenskrig tatt ut noe stein til brolegning og kantstein. Bruddet ligger i en forskifret gneisformasjon, og driften har pågått i et 5 m tykt belte og i en lengde på 20 m. Bruddet ligger ved foten av en steil fjellside. Bergarten lar seg spalte ned i området 1 - 4 dm. Bergarten er ikke vurdert som murestein.

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