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Daimbacher Hof, Mörsfeld, Kirchheimbolanden, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Asphaltum
Daimbacher Hof, Mörsfeld, Kirchheimbolanden, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Photo: Volker Betz
Latitude: 49°45'0"N
Longitude: 7°56'7"E
Daimbacher Hof, Mörsfeld, Kirchheimbolanden, Pfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Old dumps remaining of the 'Altes Werk', 'Neues Werk', 'Carl Theodor' and 'Elisabethgrube' mercury mines. The dumps of the latter two mines are situated in the forest north of the 'Altes Werk' mine dump.

Located close to Daimbacher Hof near Mörsfeld, about 13 km NW of Kirchheimbolanden. Mining activities in that area can be traced back to the early 12th century.

References

- Lapis 2001(6), 40
- H. Hensel and U. Kolitsch (2005): New mineral finds from Palatine mercury deposits (Part 3): Poyarkovite from Mörsfeld. Der Aufschluss 56, 141-146. (in German)

Mineral List

Ankerite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Calcite
Calomel
Chalcopyrite
Cinnabar
Comancheite ?
Eglestonite
Fluorite
Galena
Marcasite
Mercury
Moschellandsbergite
Perroudite
Poyarkovite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal

var: Smoky Quartz
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite



25 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

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