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Bleiwäsche quarry, Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

(Steinbruch Bleiwäsche, Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)

A quarry in devonian limestones, operated by the Mitteldeutsche Hartsteinindustrie GmbH. Within fault zones that cross the quarry, hydrothermally formed baryte-quartz veins including a suite of lead, zinc and copper minerals crop out. Minerals are also found in karst caves.
Located near Bleiwäsche, about 9 km SW of Bad Wünnenberg.
Collecting has been forbidden in February 2008.

Refs.:
- S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
- D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991





Map Reference: 51°28'3"N , 8°41'48"E

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Mineral List:
Aragonite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Calcite
Cerussite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcopyrite
Dolomite
Galena
Glauconite
Goethite
Gypsum
Hematite
Malachite
Quartz
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Smoky Quartz
Siderite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite


21 entries listed. 18 valid minerals.

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