| Lat / long: | 51.13213, 8.25228 |
| Primary: | Zinc |
| Secondary: | Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | CONCORDANT, LENTICULAR ELLIPSE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1850 |
| 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 |
| 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. |