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Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Photo: E.Riech
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.



Mineral List

Albite
Allophane
Analcime
Anatase
Anglesite
Antlerite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Bianchite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Botryogen
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Boyleite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copiapite
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Devilline
Dolomite
Emplectite
Epsomite
Ferberite
Freibergite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Glauberite
'Glockerite'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goslarite (TL)
Graphite
Gudmundite
Gunningite
Gypsum
Halotrichite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hübnerite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Khademite
Kobellite
Ktenasite
Langite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Linnaeite
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Meneghinite
Molybdenite
Morenosite
'Phillipsite'
Polybasite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Retgersite
Römerite (TL)
Rozenite
Rutile
Scholzite
Serpierite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Szomolnokite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
'Tourmaline'
Valleriite
Voltaite
Zincocopiapite
Zircon


101 entries listed. 95 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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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)
- Ramdohr, P. (1953): Geol. Jahrbuch., 67, 367-494.
- Wrede, V. (1974): Erzmineralien aus den älteren Schichten des Rammelsberges bei Goslar am Harz.
- Ramdohr, P. (1977): Mineral content, structures, and genesis of the Rammelsberg deposit. Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, 295 pp. [Reprinted from Geol. Jahrbuch., vol. 67, pp. 367-494 (1953)]
- 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.
- Reinaldo Sáez, Carmen Moreno, Felipe González und Gabriel R. Almodóvar (2011): Black shales and massive sulfide deposits: causal or casual relationships? Insights from Rammelsberg, Tharsis, and Draa Sfar. Mineralium Deposita 46, 585-614.

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