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Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Mining (mainly silver) dating back to the 10th century. Hydrothermal ores of great complexity.
Historical district with two different areas; the Altenberg where the veins were worked before the 15th century and the Neuenberg since 1550.



References:
- BARI, H. (1983): Markirch/Elsass. Die Mineralien des berühmten Bergbaureviers. Lapis 8 (6), 9-37. (in German)

- http://euromin.w3sites.net/Nouveau_site/gisements/StMarie/GISMARe.htm
- http://www.tellure.fr/





Map Reference: 48°14'45"N , 7°11'0"E

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
'Agardite'
Aikinite
Albite
Anatase
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Aramayoite
Argentopyrite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Baumstarkite
Bindheimite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutoferrite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Clinoclase
Clinosafflorite
Cobaltite
Copper
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Cosalite
Cotunnite
Covellite
Cronstedtite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cuprobismutite
Cyanotrichite
Dervillite (TL)
Devilline
Digenite
Dolomite
Duftite
Dypingite
Dyscrasite
Elyite
Emplectite
Erythrite
Eulytine
Ferrarisite (TL)
Fluckite (TL)
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gibbsite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Graphite
Guérinite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Haidingerite
Hematite
Hörnesite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kobellite
Langite
Lautite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Linarite
Litharge
Löllingite
Malachite
Mallardite
Marcasite
Massicot
Matildite
Mcnearite (TL)
Miargyrite
Mimetite
Mirabilite
Mixite
Monohydrocalcite
Moolooite
Mottramite
Mrázekite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Olivenite
Orpiment
Paracoquimbite
Pararammelsbergite
Parasymplesite
Partzite
Pavonite
Pearceite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phaunouxite (TL)
Picropharmacolite
Pitticite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite ?
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Ramsdellite
Ranciéite
Rauenthalite (TL)
Realgar
Romanèchite
Rösslerite
Rutile
Safflorite
Sainfeldite (TL)
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Semseyite
Shannonite
Siderite
Silver
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Stolzite
Strashimirite
Symplesite
Szmikite
Talmessite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tsumebite
Tyrolite
Vauquelinite
Villyaellenite (TL)
'Wad'
Weilite (TL)
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Zircon ?


343 entries listed. 165 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
France
 
  • Alsace
    • Haut-Rhin
      • Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch)

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