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Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Latitude: 48°14'45"N
Longitude: 7°11'0"E
Longitude: 7°11'0"E
Historical district with two different areas; the Altenberg where the veins were worked before the 15th century and the Neuenberg since 1550.
Ste Marie-aux-Mines is also currently the site of one of the largest and best attended mineral shows in Europe. Each year probably more specimens are brought there for sale than are produced by the mines for which the town is famous. It may be that each year more specimens are brought there for sale than were ever produced by the mines. Its hard to know at this remove in time just how many specimens were saved from the mines rather than run through the mills and further speculation is needed to make a guess at how many of the specimens that are brought each year to this mineral show will have been saved two or three hundred years in the future.
As this locality lies in the Sainte Marie-aux-Mines district, the place is protected by a archaeological mining district status and all collecting is prohibited.
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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities187 entries listed. 165 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).
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References
- BARI, H. (1983): Markirch/Elsass. Die Mineralien des berühmten Bergbaureviers. Lapis 8 (6), 9-37. (in German)
- Pierre et Terre N°23/24 premier semestre 1982 (Pierre FLUCK)
- Hohl, J.-L. (1994): Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien. Ed. du Rhin, Mulhouse, France, 271 pp.
- Pierre et Terre N°23/24 premier semestre 1982 (Pierre FLUCK)
- Hohl, J.-L. (1994): Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien. Ed. du Rhin, Mulhouse, France, 271 pp.
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Locality Updated: Larson Exploration Prospect, Menominee Range, Florence Co., Wisconsin, USAFrom Bill Cordua, 19th Jun 2013 03:45:17