(Kupferbergwerk Hosenberg, Fischbach, Hunsrück, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland)
Ancient copper mine, abandoned in 1825 and reopened as a visitor's mine in 1975. Post variscian hydrothermal Cu-sulphide deposit in andesitic rocks of lower permian age. Mineralization both disseminated and forming small veins.
Located in the Hosenbach valley, 2 km NW of Fischbach and about 10 km NE of Idar-Oberstein.
Refs.:
- Lapis 1977(6), 14-17
- S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
- Bühler, Friedrich, Lang & Wild, 1999: Der Kupferbergbau im Revier Herrstein-Fischbach - Pt. 1. – Der Anschnitt, 51/1, 28-36.
- http://www.besucherbergwerk-fischbach.de/
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Map Reference: 49°45'16"N , 7°22'57"E
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