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Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

(Grube Louise, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wieder Eisenspat-Bezirk, Westerwald, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland)

Ancient iron mine, abandoned in 1930.
Manganese-bearing siderite veins ('Georg-Silberwiese' veins) hosted by devonian schists, including a suite of Pb-Zn-Cu minerals.

Ref.:
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 913.

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





Mineral List:
Anglesite
Annabergite
Azurite
Beudantite (TL)
Bindheimite
Boulangerite
Calcite
Carminite (TL)
Celadonite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Clinomimetite
Corkite
Cuprite
Dolomite
Dufrénite
Erythrite
Geocronite
Goethite
Hematite
Hinsdalite
Kidwellite
Laubmannite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Linnaeite
Malachite
Manganite
Millerite
Mimetite
Nickelskutterudite
var: Chloanthite

Pharmacosiderite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rockbridgeite
'Sericite'
Siderite
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite
Valentinite
'Wad'


47 entries listed. 41 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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