A small quarry in "Drammens-granite" (biotite granite) close to the Nedre Eiker church. It was worked as a quarry by K. Bergerud AS ca 1940-1960.The quarry was abandoned in 1960 and is now mostly filled with garbage. Contact between the permian Drammen granite and ordovician sediments (Hærøya Formation) is exposed in this quarry.
References
- Raade, G. (1962): On the occurence of 1M muscovite crystals from Nedre Eiker church. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 42, 389
- Raade, G. (1969): Contribution to the Mineralogy of Norway, No 40. Cavity minerals from the permian biotite granite at Nedre Eiker Church. Norsk Geologisk Tidskrift 49, 227-239.
- Werner, Ronald (1993): Om synchisitt i Norge. STEIN 20 (4), 221-226
- Nordrum, F.S. (2000). Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1997-1998. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 14:55-58 [on a find of titanite]
- Nordrum, F.S. (2000). Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1999-2000. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 17:59-63
- Nordrum, F.S. (2002): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2001-2002. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 20: 78-83
- Nordrum, F.S. (2005): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2004-2005. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 30: 117-124
- Nordrum, F.S. (2008): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2007-2008. STEIN 35 (2), 8-20 [on a find of Amethysts]
- Hurum, J.H & Frøyland M. (eds) (2004): Nedre Eikers underjordiske skatter. Stein til nytte og glede. Editon by Nedre Eiker kommune. 141-151
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