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Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

(Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)

Ancient lead and zinc mining area, worked since the 14th century. The lead and zinc ores were included in a series of roughly parallel, NE-SW trending quartz-baryte veins, hosted by quartzites and devonian schists. They often intersect with fault zones, displacing them by several meters. In 1972, rich silver and antimony ores were recovered from one of these zones.
26 adits/mines existed along the 10-km extension of the vein system ("Bastenberg-Dörnberg-Gangzug").
The last mines were abandoned in 1976; one of them was turned into a tourist mine.



References:
- Herbst, F. (1932): Die Lagerstätten und wichtigsten Gruben im Ramsbecker Bezirk. Metall und Erz, 29, 149-151.
- Gebhard, G. (1981): Der Bergbau und die Minerale von Ramsbeck. Emser Hefte, 3 (6), 5-41.
- Lapis 1984(4), 30-33.
- Der Aufschluss 1985(6), 177-190.
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. & Stübs, K. (1985): Ramsbeck - Bergbau, Geologie und Mineralbeschreibung. Der Aufschluss, Sonderheft 3, xx pp.
- Walenta, K. and Hess, H. (1985) Imiterite; a new silver- and mercury-rich sulfide mineral from Ramsbeck, Sauerland. Der Aufschluss: 36: 209-215. (in German)
- Der Aufschluss 1985(10), 303-312.
- Miederer, W. (1986): Über die Anfänge des Bergbaus in Ramsbeck in vorchristlicher Zeit. In: Jahrbuch Hochsauerlandkreis, Bd. 2, Brilon, 20-22.
- Der Aufschluss 1986(7), 252.
- Lapis 1987(1), 30-31.
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1988): Mineralogische Notizen IV. Der Aufschluss, 39, 153-168.
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1990): Ramsbeck - Neue Minerale aus dem ehemaligen Blei-Zink-Erzrevier des Sauerlandes. Der Aufschluss, 41 (4), 211-218.
- Weiß, S. (1990): "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich)
- D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991.

- http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Sauerland/Ramsbeck
- http://www.besucherbergwerk-ramsbeck.de/
- http://www.ramsbeck.de/bergbau/index.html





Map Reference: 51°18'12"N , 8°24'16"E

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Adamite
Ajoite
Allophane
Alumohydrocalcite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite
Arsenobismite
Arsenopyrite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Beudantite
Bindheimite
Bonattite
Bornite
Bottinoite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Breithauptite
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalconatronite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chenite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Connellite
Copper
Corkite
Covellite
Cuprite
Devilline
Dickite
Dolomite
Dundasite
Elyite
Erythrite
Ferrarisite
Ferricopiapite
Ferrinatrite
Fraipontite
Galena
Gerhardtite
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Greenockite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hidalgoite
Hörnesite
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydrozincite
Imiterite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Köttigite
Ktenasite
Langite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Monohydrocalcite
Muscovite
Namuwite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Olivenite
Orthoserpierite
Palmierite
Parasymplesite
Partzite
Plagionite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Polydymite
Posnjakite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
Rammelsbergite
Ramsbeckite (TL)
Realgar
Redgillite
Retgersite
Richelsdorfite
Römerite
Rosasite
Rozenite
'Schalenblende'
Schulenbergite
Schultenite
Scorodite
Semseyite
Serpierite
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Spangolite
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Sternbergite
Stibiconite
Sulphur
Susannite
Tetrahedrite
Todorokite
Ullmannite
UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn
Valentinite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Woodwardite
Wroewolfeite


179 entries listed. 133 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
Germany
 
  • North Rhine-Westphalia
    • Sauerland
      • Meschede
        • Ramsbeck

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