Latitude: 48°4'31"N
Longitude: 7°14'15"E
Mine d'argent, Zimmerbach, Vallée de la Fecht (Vallée de Munster), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Ancient silver mine, started in the late 15th century and abandoned a few decades later. In 1902, the deposit was unsuccessfully re-worked for a short period of time by a German mining company. There are no traces of the workings left, but dump material can still be found in the vineyards around the village.
The hydrothermally formed vein is hosted by granite-gneiss and consists of quartz, ankerite, siderite and baryte. The primary ores were chalcopyrite and argentiferous tennantite. The geology of the deposit is largely unknown, but the vein likely represents a fracture filling in the Ammerschwihr-Soultzbach fault zone.
Mineral List
36 entries listed. 34 valid minerals.
The above list contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please
register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
References
- POCK, R. (1993): Sekundärmineralien des Erzganges bei Zimmerbach in den Vogesen (Frankreich). Aufschluss 44, 313-328. (in German)
- POCK, R. (1995): Neufunde aus dem Erzgang bei Zimmerbach in den Vogesen (Frankreich). Aufschluss 46, 263-270. (in German)
- J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994 (in French)
Mineral and Locality Search
