Latitude: 49°38'26"N
Longitude: 12°28'42"E
Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland
Aplite quarry working the remains of a now largely eroded granitic pegmatite.
Located 1 km W of Waidhaus and around 10 km ENE of Vohenstrauß.
Known for a variety of rare phosphates.
References
- Der Aufschluss, special ed. 1967, 188-190
- Kastning, J. (1992): Über Neufunde von Phosphatmineralien aus der 'Silbergrube', Waidhaus/Opf. Der Aufschluss, 43, 27-33.
- Kastning, J. & Schnorrer, G. (1996): Die Phosphatmineralien der 'Silbergrube' in Waidhaus/Oberpfalz. Lapis, 21 (5), 13-22.
- Novák, J. K., Pivec, E. & Štemprok, M. (1996): Hydrated iron phosphates in muscovite-albite granite from Waidhaus (Oberpfalz, Germany) [Hydratované fosfáty železa v muskovit-albitovém granitu z Waidhausu (Oberpfalz, Německo)]. Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 41 (3-4), 201-207.
- Blaß, G. & Graf, H.W. (1997): Neues aus der 'Silbergrube' Weidhaus in der Oberpfalz. Mineralien-Welt, 8 (4), 21ff.
- Schlüter, J. & Kastning, J. (1999): Das neue Phosphatmineral Kastningit und weitere Neufunde aus Waidhaus, Oberpfalz. Lapis, 24 (6), 39-42.
- Dill, H.G.; Weber, B.; Gerdes, A.; Melcher, F. (2008): The Fe-Mn phosphate aplite 'Silbergrube' near Waidhaus, Germany: epithermal phosphate mineralization in the Hagendorf-Pleystein pegmatite province. Mineralogical Magazine 72, 1119-1144.
External Links
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http://www.schmidt-waidhaus.de/ [Quarry operator]
Mineral List
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