Mine detail: Rammelsberg Zn - Pb - Cu Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

51.89875, 10.41898

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Bismuth
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Cubanite, Gold, Jamesonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	CONCORDANT SERIES OF LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	968

Geology

Host rock:	Wissenbach Mudstones, S.S. Etc
Host type:	Slate,Sandstone
Structure:	Ore Lies In Overturned Northwest Limb Of A Major Anticline

References

MRDS	W018879
DEP	10073069
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. 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}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.