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ULTEVIS
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Ultevis is a mountain range with a 25 km long manganese mineralization. In the area there are also pegmatites with beryl and topaz. Sör Hårås, Juoråive, Stuor Njuoskes are some of the specific points of interest in this area. |
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This district have been subject to a large number of surveys: boulder tracing, geological mapping, geophysical survey, geochemical sampling. Geology: Volcanic rocks with pegmatites. |
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"Alurgite" (manganese mica), andradite, apatite, baryte, beryl, bixbyite, braunite, fluorite, haussmannite, hematite, hollandite, hyalophane, manganite, magnetite powellite, pyrolusit, skapolit, svabite, "viridine" (manganese andalusite) |
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History: In 1935, a boulder found in Palgejaure close to Murjek, caused a boulder tracing for manganese. In 1943, SGU found a manganese mineralisation in Ultevis, 135 km from the place where the first boulder was found. |
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Books: Olof H Ödman
: Manganese Mineralisation in the Ultevis district, part 1 (1947) and
2 (1950) |
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