Mine detail: Meggen Zn Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

51.13213, 8.25228

Resource(B)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	CONCORDANT, LENTICULAR ELLIPSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1850

Geology

Host rock:	Pharciceraskalk (Lagerkalk) Limestone;Stringocephalen Ore Beds;Lenneschieffer Slates And Shales
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Hercynian Massif., Ore Bed In The Elspe Syncline. Markhan, Halberbracht And Natheller Faults Cross It At Right Angles

References

MRDS	W018878
DEP	10073068
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE, J. M., 1971, FOLD STYLES IN THE OREBODIES OF MEGGEN AND RAMMELSBERG, GERMANY; INST. MIN. AND METALL. V 80 P B 108 - 115}{Deposit:: RIDGE, J. D., 1963, SUGGESTED VOLCANIC - SYNGENETIC ORIGIN FOR CERTAIN EUROPEAN MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; TRANS. AM. INST. MIN. ENGIN V 226 P. 30, 31}{Production:: RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., 1970, AIME SYMP PB - ZN, V. 1 P 948-9.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.