Summary
The map-sheet Båtsfjord covers an area belonging geologically to the Barents Sea Region. Two major lithostratigraphic units occur within the confines of the map-sheet: the Lokvikfjellet and the Barents Sea Groups, with the former overlying the latter along an angular unconformity. The age of both groups is Late Proterozoic. The rocks in the area were metamorphosed at a very low grade during the Caledonian orogeny. The tectonic structure of the area is comparatively simple, characterized by Ne-SW trending folds with approximately vertcal axial planes.
