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Ludwig-Vereinigt-Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

(Grube Ludwig-Vereingt-Feld, Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Sachsen, Deutschland)

Ancient mine, working hydrothermally formed iron- and copper-bearing fluorite veins in fissures and fracture zones of a Devonian diabase complex. The mine was first worked for copper, and later for fluorite until its closure in 1991.
Located near Schönbrunn, about 4 km SW of Oelsnitz.



References:
- Lapis 17(7/8):13-25
- A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001, 137





Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Albite
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Bernalite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Breithauptite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Epidote
Erythrite
Ferrohornblende
Fluorite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Greenockite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Hematite
Ilmenite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Löllingite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Mimetite
Nickelskutterudite
Nontronite
'Olivine'
Orthoclase
Parkerite
Pharmacosiderite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Jasper
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Siderite
Silver
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Sulphur
Vauquelinite
Witherite
Wulfenite


65 entries listed. 57 valid minerals.

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