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Maubacher Bleiberg, Untermaubach, Düren, Eifel Mts, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

(Maubacher Bleiberg, Untermaubach, Düren, Eifel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)

Triassic greywacke-quartz conglomerates including lead and minor zinc and copper ores, covered by a layer of sandstone. The deposit was worked from an open cut for several centuries and finally abandoned in 1969. Today, after some decades of use for dumping rubbish, the site is completely backfilled.
Located 2 km NNW of Untermaubach and about 7 km SW of Düren.

Refs.:
- Schachner, D. (1961): Die Blei-Zink-Lagerstätten in der Triasmulde Maubach-Mechernich-Kall, Der Aufschluss, 10. Sonderheft
- Lapis 1979(3), 16-18
- Lapis 1979(4), 30
- Graf, H.W. (1982): Erzbergbau am Maubacher Bleiberg, Emser Hefte, Vol.2, 5-11
- Graf, H.W. (1982): Die Mineralien von Maubach, Emser Hefte, Vol. 2 12-20





Map Reference: 50°44'44"N , 6°26'28"E

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Mineral List:
  • Adamite
    var: Cuprian Adamite
  • Allophane
  • Anatase
  • Anglesite
  • Ankerite
  • Annabergite
  • Aragonite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Azurite
  • Beaverite
  • Bieberite
  • Bournonite
  • Brochantite
  • Calcite
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcanthite
  • 'Chalcedony'
  • Chalcophyllite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Copper
  • Covellite
  • Cuprite
  • Delafossite
  • Dickite
  • Digenite
  • Dolomite
  • Erythrite
  • Galena
  • Goethite
  • Goslarite
  • Gypsum
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Hexahydrite
  • Jarosite
  • Langite
  • Lavendulan
  • Limonite
  • Linarite
  • Malachite
  • Marcasite
  • Melanterite
  • Mimetite
  • Molybdenite ?
  • Olivenite
  • Plumbojarosite
  • Posnjakite
  • Pyrite
       var: Bravoite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Quartz
  • Ranciéite
  • Richelsdorfite
  • Serpierite
  • Siderite
  • Smithsonite
  • Sphalerite
  • Sulphur
  • 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
  • Tenorite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • 'Wad'
  • Wulfenite


    63 entries listed. 57 valid minerals.

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