(Kappiger Ley (Kappiger Lay), Wehr, Niederzissen, Riedener Vulkan, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland)
Small abandoned quarry and road cut (dating back to 1977) in the selbergite tuff and pumice series of Rieden-volcano.
Tuffs with different types of xenolites: micaschist, crystalline schist, sanidinite, subvolcanite, alkali-metasomatites, sanidine Megacrysts.
Located on the north slope of Gänsehals mountain, 1.5 km SSW of Wehr and about 5 km SSW of Niederzissen.
Ref.:
- Viereck, L.: Geologische und petrologische Entwicklung des pleistozänen Vulkankomplexes Rieden, Ost-Eifel, Bochumer geol. geotechn. Arbeiten 17, 1984
- Meyer, W.: Geologie der Eifel, Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 1986
- Weiß, S.: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
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Map Reference: 50°24'46"N , 7°11'52"E
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