(Grube Rammelsberg, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Niedersachsen, Deutschland)
Sediment-hosted massive sulphide Cu-Zn-Pb-Ba deposit.
Started as a lead-zinc-silver mine almost 1,000 years ago. Closed in 1988. Owned by Preussag Metall AG.
References:
- Klaproth, M.H. (1810): Chemische Untersuchung des krystallisirten Zinkvitriols aus dem Rammelsberge, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Fünfter Band, Rottmann Berlin, pp. 193
- Dana 7:I:465, 515
- Bornhardt, W. (1931): Geschichte des Rammelsberger Bergbaues von seiner Aufnahme bis zur Neuzeit. Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung, 52, 366 pp. (in German)
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 498
- Steinkamm, U. and Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1988): Lapis 13(6), 16-37+50.
- Minerals yearbook (1988)-Zinc: 6
- Large, D., and Walcher, E. (1999): The Rammelsberg massive sulphide Cu-Zn-Pb-Ba-Deposit, Germany: an example of sediment-hosted, massive sulphide mineralisation. Mineralium Deposita 34, 522-538.
Mineral List:100 entries listed. 94 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).
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