Mine detail: Rammelsberg Zn - Pb - Cu Mine

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Location: Germany, Europe
Lat / long: 51.89875, 10.41898
dep_id: 10073069
mrds_id: W018879
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Cubanite, Gold, Jamesonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: CONCORDANT SERIES OF LENSES
ore_ctrl: Syngenetic Bedding Control
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Wissenbach Mudstones, S.S. Etc
hrock_type: Slate,Sandstone
Structure: Ore Lies In Overturned Northwest Limb Of A Major Anticline
Year first produced: 968
References:
  • 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. 31 - 33
  • Production:: E/MJ INTL DIRECTORY, 1976 P. 235. RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., 1970, AIME SYMP PB - ZN V. 1 P 948-9
  • Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY, 1976, P. 235
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