(St Andreasberg, Revier St Andreasberg, Harz, Niedersachsen, Deutschland)
Historical silver mining area, located around 25 km SE of Clausthal-Zellerfeld. Quartz-calcite veins, carrying a suite of lead-copper-silver-arsenic ores, hosted by diabase included devonian schists. Today, all the mines are closed.
References:
- Klaproth, M.H. (1797): Untersuchung des Kreuzsteins vom Harz, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Zweiter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 80-83
- Klaproth, M.H. (1802): Chemische Untersuchung des Spießglanz-Silbers von Andreasberg, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Dritter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 173-177
- Lapis 1986(3)
- Lapis 1989(7/8)
- Gebhard. G. (1988): Harzer Bergbau und Minerale St. Andreasberg, ISBN 3-925322-01-6. 1988
- Weiß, S. (1990): Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West, Weise, Munich
- http://www.lehrbergwerk.de/alt/main_hist_gruben_im_revier.html
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Map Reference: 51°42'45"N , 10°31'30"E
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