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Gottes Hülfe in der Not Mine (Gottes Hülfe Mine), Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

Silver
Gottes Hülfe in der Not Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

Photo: Knut Eldjarn
(Gottes Hülfe in der Noth)

The site was discovered in 1654 by Hans Bautz.
A find of lamini-formed silver crystals were found in 1935 and discussed by Støren (1935) and Neumann (1944)

Mineral List

Acanthite
Apophyllite-(KF)
Axinite-(Fe)
Baryte
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Cinnabar
Epidote
Erythrite
Fluorite
Galena
Gypsum
Harmotome
'Hyalophane'
Jalpaite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Laumontite
Mirabilite
Polybasite
'Proustite-Pyrargyrite Series'
Pyrite
Quartz
Silver
Sphalerite
Stephanite
Sternbergite ?


26 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

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References

- Brünnich, M. L. (1777): Forsøg til Mineralogie for Norge. Priskrift, Trondhjem

- Münster, Ths. (1883): Bemærkninger om Kongsbergmineralerne. Nyt Mag. Naturv. 27, 309-322 [on calcite]

- Støren, R. (1935): Om platekrystaller av gedigent sølv m.m. Tidsskrift for kjemi og bergvesen 15, p.124

- Lietz, J. (1939): Mikroskopische und chemische Untersuchungen an Kongsberger Silbererzen. Zeitschr.ang. Min. 2, 65-113 [on achantite and jalpaite]

- Neumann, H. (1944): Silver deposits at Kongsberg. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 162. p. 46 [on silver]

- Larsen, A. O. (1980): Fluorapofyllitt og hydroksyapofyllitt. NAGS-nytt 7 (2), 36-37 [with analysis on apophyllite-(KF) from Gottes Hülfe]

- Nordrum, F.S.(1995): Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket. Bergverksmuseets skrift nr 9 ,42-47

- Nordrum, F. S. (2003): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2002-2003. STEIN 30 (2), 4-10 [on a find of cinnabar and hyalophane]

- Nordrum, F. S. ; Larsen, A. O. & Erambert, M. (2003): Ba,Sr-mineraler i Kongsberg sølvforekomster- en foreløpig rapport. Norsk Bergverksmuseum skrift 25: 43-50 [on baryte and hyalophane from Gottes Hülfe]

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