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Katzenthal forest, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

Forêt de Katzenthal, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

Ancient lead mines, dating back to the 18th(?) century, working a series of ENE-WSW trending veins hosted by sandstones. The eastern sections of these veins were explored by the mines around Nothweiler, just across the German border.

References

- Coulombeau, C. (1981): Etude et reconnaissance en profondeur par sondages carottés des minéralisations (Pb, Zn, Ag, Cd) liées aux chapeaux de fer de la région de Lembach., BRGM Ed., Orléans, France.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Anglesite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Brochantite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chrysocolla
Covellite
Cuprite
Digenite
Dundasite
Galena
Goethite
Greenockite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Langite
Leadhillite
Limonite
Linarite
Malachite
Manganite
Mimetite
Posnjakite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Ranciéite
Romanèchite
Rosasite
Schulenbergite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite
Wulfenite


38 entries listed. 37 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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