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Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

(Zinkhütte Genna (Schlackenvorkommen), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)

Slag dumps of an ancient smelter. The plant was built in 1886 to process zinc ores mined in the Iserlohn - Letmathe area. Located south of the Letmathe railway station and about 3 km west of Iserlohn.



References:
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1986): Neue Minerale von der Schlackenhalde der ehemaligen Zinkhütte Genna in Letmathe/Sauerland. Aufschluss 37 (2), 55-67.
- Pawlowski, D. (1991): Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland. Weise Verlag, Munich.





Map Reference: 51°21'39"N , 7°37'2"E

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Mineral List:
Adamite
Anglesite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Bindheimite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Copper
Covellite
Cristobalite
Cuprite
Cyanophyllite
Fayalite
Franklinite
Galena
Hematite
Hidalgoite
Hydroniumjarosite
Johillerite
Ktenasite
Lanarkite
Langite
Limonite
Linarite
Luzonite
Magnetite
Natroalunite
Olivenite
Ordoñezite
Plumboferrite
Quartz
Rozenite
Schulenbergite
Serpierite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stranskiite
Tenorite
Tridymite
Willemite
Woodwardite
Zincaluminite
Zincite


46 entries listed. 43 valid minerals.

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