Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Grube Glücksrad, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Ancient lead and zinc mine (abandoned in 1931), working quartz veins of the Bockswiese vein system ('Bockswieser Gangzug').
Located near Oberschulenberg, 2 km west of Schulenberg and about 6 km NE of Clausthal-Zellerfeld.

Note: it seems probable that the relative mineral wealth of this mine (by comparison to closeby mines) is due to a 3-month mine fire around 1721, resulting in pseudo-firesetting assemblages. (see http://www.mineralienatlas.de/forum/index.php/topic,3084.msg158722/topicseen.html#new).

References

- Lapis 1981(5), 9 ff.
- Lapis 1981(10), 15 ff.
- Wittern, A. and Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1986): Lapis 11(1), 9-18+42.
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1988): Mineralogische Notizen IV, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39, 153-168
- Schellhorn, M. (1989): Neufunde von den Halden der Grube Glücksrad bei Oberschulenberg/Harz, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 40(2), 121-123
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1991): Mineralogische Notizen V, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 42, 155-171.

Mineral List

Adamite var: Cuprian Adamite Agardite-(Ce) Agardite-(Y) Allophane Anglesite Ankerite Annabergite Aragonite Arsentsumebite Aurichalcite Azurite Barysilite Bayldonite Beaverite-(Cu) Bornite Bournonite Brianyoungite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Cerussite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcocite Chalconatronite

Chalcopyrite Chenite Chrysocolla Copper Covellite Cryptomelane Cuprite Cyanotrichite Devilline Duftite Dundasite Elyite Galena Gibbsite Goethite Greenockite Gypsum Gysinite-(Nd) Hematite Hemimorphite Hisingerite Hopeite Hydrocerussite Hydrotalcite Hydrozincite Illite

Köttigite Ktenasite Lanarkite Langite Linarite Litharge Malachite Massicot Mattheddleite Metavariscite Mimetite Minium Namuwite Olivenite Opal Orthoserpierite Oxyplumboroméite Parahopeite Parasymplesite Philipsbornite Plumbogummite Plumbojarosite Posnjakite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite

Quartz Ramsbeckite Redgillite Rhodochrosite Richelsdorfite Rosasite Rosickýite Schulenbergite (TL) Scorodite Serpierite Silver Smithsonite Spangolite Sphalerite Spionkopite Sulphur Susannite Tenorite Theisite Todorokite Vaterite Vivianite 'Wad' Wroewolfeite Yarrowite

103 entries listed. 101 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).