Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Fluoritbergbaugebiet Wölsendorf, Schwandorf, Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland

Located north of Schwandorf, between Schwarzenfeld and Nabburg.
The coordinates given here are those of Wölsendorf village.

Mining started in the 15th century or earlier. At the beginning, lead ore was mined. Extraction of fluorite started in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The last mine was closed in 1987 (Hermine mine).

References

http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Deutschland/Bayern/Oberpfalz/W%F6lsendorf%2C%20Revier

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Anglesite Ankerite 'Antozonite' Aragonite Autunite Azurite Baryte Bassetite Becquerelite Berzelianite β-Uranophane Billietite Bismuth Bornite Brannerite Brochantite Calcite Cerussite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla Cinnabar Clausthalite Coffinite Copper Covellite Cuprite

Cuprosklodowskite Curite Dewindtite Digenite Dolomite Dumontite Ferroselite Fluorite var: Stink-fluss Fourmarierite Galena Gersdorffite Goethite Guanajuatite Gypsum var: Selenite Hematite Hemimorphite Hollandite Ianthinite Johannite Kaolinite Kasolite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Klockmannite Langite Lepidocrocite

Lermontovite Limonite Linnaeite Malachite Marcasite Matildite Mercury Meta-autunite Metatorbernite Metauranocircite Nacrite Naumannite Nickelskutterudite Nontronite Paraguanajuatite Parsonsite Penroseite Phosphuranylite 'Psilomelane' Pyrite var: Bravoite Pyromorphite Quartz var: Amethyst var: Chalcedony var: Eisenkiesel var: Smoky Quartz

Rutherfordine Safflorite Saléeite Schoepite Selenium Siderite Silver Sklodowskite Skutterudite Sphalerite Tenorite Tetrahedrite Tiemannite Torbernite Tyrrellite Umangite Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranocircite Uranophane Uranopilite Villamaninite 'Wad' Wölsendorfite (TL) Wulfenite Zippeite

114 entries listed. 94 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Germany Bavaria Upper Palatinate Schwandorf Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District Wölsendorf East District (Wölsendorf - Nabburg District) Johannesschacht Mine Kocher adit Marienschacht Mine Naabranken Roland Mine Wölsendorf West District (Wölsendorf - Schmidgaden District) Brudersdorf Helene Mine Lissenthan Erika Mine

Germany Bavaria Upper Palatinate Schwandorf Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District Wölsendorf West District (Wölsendorf - Schmidgaden District) Lissenthan Gisela Mine Grube Häusler & Co. Hermine Mine Venetianerschacht Schmidgaden Hartenricht Mine Stulln Cäcilia Mine Erna Mine Freiung Hanns Mine Heißer Stein Mine