Bjellåsen 2, Bjellåsen, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 58° 33' 12'' North , 8° 26' 29'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 58.55336,8.44156 |
| Other regions containing this locality: | Scandinavia |
| Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate |
| Name(s) in local language(s): | , Bjellåsen, Froland kommune, Aust-Agder fylke, Norge |
Feldspar quarry in a pegmatite.
Bjellåsen 1, 2 and 3 are neighbouring quarries working in the same pegmatite, which is a 500 m long and 80-100 m wide body.
Coordinates © Kartverket - https://www.kartverket.no
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Proterozoic 541 - 2500 Ma ID: 3186372 | Proterozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Proterozoic (541 - 2500 Ma) Lithology: Granitoid gneiss; orthogneiss/paragneiss Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Mesoproterozoic - Paleoproterozoic 1000 - 2500 Ma ID: 3134048 | Proterozoic I quartzite Age: Proterozoic (1000 - 2500 Ma) Description: undifferentiated metamorphic Lithology: Major:{quartzite}, Minor{mica schist,marble,amphibolite} Reference: Asch, K. The 1:5M International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Development and Implementation of a GIS-enabled Concept. Geologisches Jahrbuch, SA 3. [147] |
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