Vesuv Mine, Freihung, Grafenwöhr, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

(Zeche Vesuv, Freihung, Grafenwöhr, Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland)

Ancient lead mine, working a deposit of sedimentarily formed lead ores (mainly cerussite) in triassic sandstones.
Located 1.5 km SE of Freihung and about 12 km SSE of Grafenwöhr.

Ref.:
- S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990

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Mineral List:

	Cerussite

	Coronadite

	Covellite

	Galena

	Linarite

	Luddenite

	Marcasite

	Pyrite

	Pyrite var: Bravoite

	Sphalerite

10 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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