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Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wieder Eisenspat-Bezirk, Westerwald, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

This area forms the southwestern extension of the Siegerland iron mining area, from which it is geologically separated by an east-west trending zone near Altenkirchen that is almost void of any mineralization. The veins, trending either N-S or NE-SW, are hosted by Devonian schists, consist mainly of siderite and manganese ores and also carry varying mounts of lead, zinc and copper ores. The most prolific veins of the district are crowded in vein groups ("Gangzüge"), which appear in three narrow north-south trending zones at east-to-west distances of about 10 km from each other:

- ANXBACH group: This group comprises a number of NE-SW trending veins, extending over a distance of about 2 km east to south-east of Lorscheid. Their northern section was worked by the Anxbach Mine, their southernmost part by the Oskar Mine. Several smaller veins are located near Waldbreitbach, immediately south.
- GEORG-SILBERWIESE group: A group of N-S trending veins between Oberlahr in the north and Niederhonnefeld in the south. The most important mines in this zone were the Silberwiese Mine near Oberlahr, the Louise Mine near Horhausen and the Georg Mine near Willroth.
- A THIRD ZONE extends further east, from Puderbach in the north-northwest to Bendorf in the south-southeast, including the mines near Raubach, Dernbach and Isenburg. The copper content of the veins continually decreases from north to south, while the lead and zinc contents increase.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Beaverite-(Cu)
Berthierite
Beudantite (TL)
'Beyrichite'
Bismuth
Bottinoite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Calcite
Caledonite
Capgaronnite
Carminite (TL)
Celadonite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite

var: Iodian Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cinnabar
Copper
Corkite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Cosalite
Covellite
Cuprite
Cuproroméite
Dolomite
Dufrénite
Erythrite
Fluorapatite
Galena
Gartrellite
Geocronite
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Gold
Hematite
Heteromorphite
Hinsdalite
'Hydromuscovite'
Iodargyrite
Jamesonite
Jaskólskiite
Kermesite
Kidwellite
Kobellite
Kolbeckite
Langite
'Laubmannite'
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Linnaeite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Mansfieldite
Marcasite
Meneghinite
Metastibnite
Millerite
Mimetite
'Mimetite-M'
Minium
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nadorite
Natrojarosite
Nickelskutterudite
var: Chloanthite

Olivenite
Oxyplumboroméite
Pattersonite
Perroudite
Pharmacosiderite
Phosgenite
Plagionite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Polydymite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
Rhodochrosite
Rockbridgeite
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'

Rosasite
Rosickýite
Scorodite
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Siderite
Silver
var: Amalgam
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sulphur
Tetrahedrite
Todorokite
Ullmannite
Valentinite
Variscite
Violarite
'Wad'
Zinkenite


124 entries listed. 105 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

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References

W. Fenchel, H. Gies, H. D. Gleichmann, W. Hellmund, H. Hentschel, K. E. Heyl, H. Hüttenhain, V. Langenbach, H.-J. Lippert, M. Lusznat, W. Meyer, A. Pahl, M. S. Rao, R. Reichenbach, G. Stadler, H. Vogler, H. W. Walther: "Die Sideriterzgänge im Siegerland-Wied-Distrikt", Sammelwerk Deutsche Eisenerzlagerstätten, Geol. Jahrb. D 77, Hannover (1985)

W. Meyer, J. Stets: "Das Rheintal zwischen Bingen und Bonn", Sammlung Geologischer Führer, Vol. 89, Borntraeger (Berlin, Stuttgart), 1996

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