SteatiteJohannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Photo: Peter Haas Latitude: 50°3'59"N
Longitude: 12°4'42"E
Johanneszeche, Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Franken, Bayern, Deutschland
A steatite mine, operated by the "Steatit-Magnesia AG", a division of the Rosenthal group.
The locality is well known for steatite pseudomorphs after quartz, calcite, dolomite, tremolite and vesuvianite. All of these specimens seem to have been collected in the now long abandoned opencast workings south of the railway line. No finds are reported from the new mine workings that are located a little further north.
References
- Lapis 1981(11), 9-11
- Lapis 1983(2), 33
- F. Müller: "Bayerns steinreiche Ecke", 2nd ed., Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt (Hof), 1984, pp. 49-59
- Arlt, T. & Woldert, F. (2001) Neufunde aus den Pegmatiten der Johanneszeche bei Göpfersgrün, Fichtelgebirge. Lapis 9, 30-34.
- Meier, S. (2003): Ende einer langen Bergbautradition. Die Johanneszeche bei Göpfersgrün im Fichtelgebirge. - Lapis, 28 (3), 11-20.
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