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Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Latitude: 50°37'4"N
Longitude: 7°14'58"E
Grube Virneberg (Grube St Josephsberg), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Ancient copper mine, worked intermittently from 1611 to 1872. The deposit itself was already worked for copper in Roman times.

Also includes slag minerals.

Located 2.3 km east of Rheinbreitbach.

Mineral List

Acanthite
Anglesite
Antlerite
Aragonite
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Beudantite
Bismutite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Caledonite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chenite
'Chlorite Group'
Connellite
Copper
Corkite
Covellite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Devilline
Dolomite
Dufrénite
Duftite
'Duftite-Mottramite Series'
Dundasite
Elyite
Erythrite
Faustite
Galena
Goethite
Goudeyite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hinsdalite
Hydrocerussite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Jarosite
Lanarkite
Langite
Libethenite
Limonite
Linarite
Litharge
Malachite
Massicot
Melanterite
Mitridatite
Muscovite
Namuwite
Olivenite
Opal
Pharmacosiderite
Plumbojarosite
Posnjakite
Pseudomalachite (TL)
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Rhodochrosite
var: Cobaltoan Rhodochrosite
Rockbridgeite
Rosickýite
Schulenbergite
Serpierite
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Sulphur
Susannite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Vivianite


81 entries listed. 75 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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References

- Heusler, C. (1897): Beschreibung des Bergreviers Brühl-Unkel, Verlag Adolph Marcus, Bonn
- Magma 1984(4), 76-94
- Emser Hefte 1985(4), 8-9
- Lapis 1987(12), 32
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1988): Mineralogische Notizen IV, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39, 153-168
- Markl, G. (1989): Die Grube Virneberg 1987: Bilanz einer Sammelsaison, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 40, 187-195
- Krause, W. (1991): Chenit von der Grube Virneberg bei Rheinbreitbach, Der Aufschluss, 42, 147-153
- Habel, B. (2006): Die Mineralien der Kupferschlacken der Grube „Virneberg“ bei Rheinbreitbach. Mineralien-Welt. 17 (1): 38-49.
- Habel, B. (2011): Rockbridgeit und Mitridatit von der ehemaligen Grube Virneberg. Mineralien-Welt. 22 (2): 37


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