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

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

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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.

References

- 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).

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47 entries listed. 40 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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