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Bühlskopf U deposit, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Hallimondite
Bühlskopf U deposit, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Photo: Knut Eldjarn
Latitude: 49°37'4"N
Longitude: 7°8'48"E
Uranlagerstätte Bühlskopf, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Hunsrück, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Abandoned uranium mine.
Minor uranium mineralisation in rhyolite.
Discovered in 1956 and mined in an open pit until 1965. The ore processing unit was active until 1989; it processed ore from the Menzenschwand locality (Black Forest).
Today, the dump is removed and the whole area landscaped.

Mineral List

Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Arsenuranospathite
Arsenuranylite
Becquerelite
β-Uranophane
Boltwoodite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Coffinite
Copper
Covellite
Curite
Dewindtite
Galena
Greenockite
Hallimondite
Hügelite
Kasolite
'Limonite'
Marcasite
Metaheinrichite
Metakahlerite
Metazeunerite
Molybdenite
Natrouranospinite
Nickeline
Nováčekite-I
Pearceite
Pyrite
Rutherfordine
Safflorite
Schoepite
Sharpite
Silver
Sklodowskite
Sphalerite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende

Uranopilite
Uranospinite
'Wad'
Zeunerite


42 entries listed. 39 valid minerals.

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References

- Bültemann, H.W. (1960): Die Uranmineralien vom Bühlskopf bei Ellweiler, Kreis Birkenfeld/Nahe. Aufschluss, 11, 281-283.
- Bültemann, H.-W. (1965): Das Uranerzvorkommen Ellweiler in Rheinland-Pfalz und Menzenschwand im Schwarzwald. Erzmetall, 18, 79-83.
- Bültemann, H.W. & Strehl, E. (1969): Uranvorkommen im Saar-Nahe-Gebiet. Aufschluss, 20, 215-220.
- Emmermann, K.-H. (1970): Die Mineralisation in der Umgebung der Uranlagerstätte Ellweiler im Nohfelder Porphyrmassiv. Aufschluss, 21, 365-369.
- Bültemann, H.W. (1970): Die Uranlagerstätte Bühlskopf bei Ellweiler. Aufschluss, Sonderband 19, 129-134.
- Jung, D. (1970): Permische Vulkanite im SW-Teil des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes. Aufschluss, Sonderband 19, 185-201.
- Bültemann, H.W. (1979): Pfälzer Uranerze: Uran-Mineralien am Bühlskopf bei Ellweiler Krs. Birkenfeld / Nahe. Lapis, 4(7), 31-xx.

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