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

Oxyplumboroméite
Genna zinc smelter, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Photo: DV Minerals
Latitude: 51°21'39"N
Longitude: 7°37'2"E
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.

Mineral List

Adamite
Alunite
Anglesite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Brochantite
Brownmillerite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Copper
Covellite
Cristobalite
Cuprite
Cyanophyllite
Dypingite
Fayalite
Franklinite
Galena
Hematite
Hidalgoite
Hydroniumjarosite
Johillerite
Ktenasite
Lanarkite
Langite
Limonite
Linarite
Litharge
Luzonite
Magnetite
Massicot
Metaswitzerite
Natroalunite
Olivenite
Ordoñezite
Oxyplumboroméite
Plumboferrite
Quartz
Rozenite
Schulenbergite
Serpierite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stranskiite
Switzerite
Tenorite
Tridymite
UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn
Willemite
Woodwardite
Zincaluminite
Zincite


54 entries listed. 50 valid minerals.

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