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Korb Mine, Eisen, Nonnweiler, Saarland, Germany

Tetrahedrite
Korb Mine, Eisen, Nonnweiler, Saarland, Germany

Photo: TK
Latitude: 49°37'40"N
Longitude: 7°2'35"E
Grube Korb, Eisen, Nonnweiler, Saarland, Deutschland

Ancient mine, started in 1912 and closed in 1989. The mine was first worked for iron, later for manganese and, finally, for baryte.
Located about 3 km NNW of Eisen.

Ref.:
- HOFFMANN, R. (1966): Lagerstättenkundliche Untersuchungen im Bereich der Schwerspatgrube Eisen (südwestlicher Hunsrück). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 22-35.
- MIHM, A. (1968): Die Schwerspatgrube Korb bei Eisen (nördliches Saarland). Annalen der Universität des Saarlandes, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, 6, 1-42.
- KREBS, W. (1970): Nachweis von Oberdevon in der Schwerspatgrube Eisen (Saargebiet) und die Folgerungen für die Paläogeographie und Lagerstättenkunde des linksrheinischen Schiefergebirges. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 8, 465-480.
- GWOSDZ, W., et al. (1974): Die Liegendschichten der devonischen Pyrit- und Schwerspatlager von Eisen (Saarland), Meggen und des Rammelsberges. Geologische Rundschau 63, 74-93.
- MÜLLER, G. & STOPPEL, D. (1981): Zur Stratigraphie und Tektonik im Bereich der Schwerspatgrube "Korb" bei Eisen (N-Saarland). Zeitschrift der deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 132, 325-352.
- MÜLLER, G. (1982): Die Schwerspatgrube "Korb" bei Eisen. Tagungsheft VFMG Sommertagung 1982, 97-115.
- WEIß, S. (1990): Mineralfundstellenatlas, Deutschland West. Weise (Munich).

Mineral List

Acanthite
Albite
Anatase
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Bournonite
Brookite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cinnabar
Dolomite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Rhodochrosite
Rutile
Siderite
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
'Wad'
Zircon


39 entries listed. 36 valid minerals.

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