Silberberg Mine, Bodenmais, Zwiesel, Bavarian Forest, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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Grube Silberberg, Bodenmais, Zwiesel, Bayerischer Wald, Niederbayern, Bayern, Deutschland

Iron sulphide deposit in cordierite-garnet gneiss, disseminated by quartz veins. The mine was abandoned in 1962 and was later converted into a tourist mine.

Located about 2 km SE of Bodenmais.

References

- Lapis 1977(9), 20-24
- Der Aufschluss 1980, special edition no. 31, 75-89
- Hochleitner, R. (1977): Harmotom vom Silberberg/Bodenmais im Bayerischen Wald. LAPIS 7 (6), 38
- Obermüller, T., (1993): Der Silberberg bei Bodenmais/Bayer. Wald, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 44, 201-224
- Weiß, S: : "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990

Mineral List

Albite var: Andesine var: Oligoclase Almandine Alunogen Amakinite Andalusite Andradite var: Topazolite Anthophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Azurite Baryte Biotite Bismuth Bornite Calcite 'Chabazite' Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group'

Chrysocolla Copper Cordierite Covellite Cubanite Cuprite Diaspore Dolomite Fluorapatite Fluorite Gahnite var: Kreittonite Galena Goethite Goslarite Graphite Greenockite Gypsum var: Selenite Halotrichite Harmotome Hematite

Hercynite 'Heulandite' Högbomite 'Hornblende' Hypersthene Ilmenite Kyanite Langite Limonite Linnaeite Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Matildite Melanterite Molybdenite Monazite-(Ce) Muscovite Opal Orthoclase Pitticite Pyrite

Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile 'Scapolite' Schapbachite Schorl Siderite Sillimanite Silver Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel var: Pleonaste 'Stilbite' Sulphur 'Tourmaline' Valleriite Vivianite Wagnerite Xenotime-(Y) Zircon

86 entries listed. 67 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.