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St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany

(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





Map Reference: 51°42'45"N , 10°31'30"E

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


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Adelite
'Adularia'
Agardite-(La)
Albite
'Allemontite'
Allophane
var: Cupro-Allophane

Analcime
Anatase
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Annabergite
Antimony
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Argentopyrite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolite (TL)
Arsenopyrite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bayldonite
Beaverite
Berthierite
Berzelianite
Bindheimite
Bohdanowiczite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Breithauptite (TL)
'Brewsterite'
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite
Carminite
Cerussite
Cervantite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chervetite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Claudetite
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
Cobaltite
Conichalcite
Copper
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Datolite
Devilline
Diaphorite
Dickite
Dolomite
Duftite
Dyscrasite
Epidote
Erythrite
Eucairite
Ferroselite
Fizélyite
Fluorite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Gersdorffite
Gmelinite-Na
Gold
Grossular
Guanajuatite
Guérinite
Gypsum
Häggite
Harmotome (TL)
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Heulandite-Ca
Hörnesite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Johannsenite
Kaolinite
Karelianite
Kermesite
Klockmannite
Köttigite
Langite
Laumontite
Lautite
Lavendulan
Lead
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Linarite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Maucherite
Metastibnite
Miargyrite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Montmorillonite
Mottramite
Nacrite
Natrolite
Naumannite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Nolanite
Nontronite
Olivenite
Opal
Orpiment
Osarizawaite
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Partzite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phaunouxite
'Phillipsite'
Picropharmacolite
Pitticite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
'Pyrobitumen
var: Thucholite'

Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrostilpnite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Ranciéite
Rauenthalite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Richelsdorfite
Romanèchite
Rosasite
Rösslerite
Safflorite
Samsonite (TL)
Saponite
Schulenbergite
Schultenite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Segnitite
Semseyite
Serpierite
Siderite
Silver
var: Amalgam
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Smythite
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Sternbergite
Stetefeldtite
Stibarsen
Stibiconite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilleite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Talc
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Tiemannite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Ullmannite
Umangite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Valentinite
Vanadinite
'Wad'
Witherite
Wollastonite
Xanthoconite
Zincselenide
Zircon
Zoisite


346 entries listed. 193 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Germany
 
  • Lower Saxony
    • Harz Mts
      • St Andreasberg District
        • St Andreasberg

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