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Caspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Boulangerite
Caspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Photo: 2005 - MMI
Latitude: 51°24'25"N
Longitude: 8°5'52"E
Caspari-Zeche (Antimon-Grube Gaspari), Uentrop, Arnsberg, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Ancient antimony mine, worked from 1825 to 1885. The deposit was worked earlier in search of lead ores, in 1725 and around 1787, but soon abandoned at these times. Today, the underground workings are completely inaccessible, but some dumps, consisting to some part of ancient slags, still remain northeast of Uentrop, about 2.5 km NE of Arnsberg.

The minerals larsenite, leiteite and vivianite exclusively occur in slags. Anglesite and mimetite occur both in slags and as naturally formed secondary minerals.

References

- Dana 7:I:421
- Hatton, H. (1979): Flußspatvorkommen auf der Casparizeche bei Arnsberg/Westfalen. Der Aufschluss, 30 (6), 210-xx.
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1989): Das Antimonerzvorkommen der Caspari-Zeche bei Arnsberg im Sauerland. Lapis 14(6), 11-32, 50.
- D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991
- Wagner, T., and Cook, N.J. (2000): Late-Variscan antimony mineralisation in the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, NW Germany: evidence for stibnite precipitation by drastic cooling of high-temperature fluid systems. Mineralium Deposita 35, 206-222.
- Wagner, T., Boyce, A.J. (2003) Sulphur isotope geochemistry of black shale-hosted antimony mineralization, Arnsberg, northern Rhenish Massif, Germany: Implications for late-stage fluid flow during the Variscan orogeny. J. Geol. Soc. London, 160, 299-308.
- Bindi, L. & Menchetti, S. (2005): Garavellite, FeSbBiS4, from the Caspari mine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: composition, physical properties and determination of the crystal structure. Mineralogy and Petrology, 85, 131-140.

External Links

- http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Sauerland/Arnsberg-Uentrop/Antimon-Grube%20Caspari

Mineral List

Ammoniojarosite
Anglesite
Aragonite
Baryte
Berthierite
Bismuthinite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Calcite
Cerussite
Cervantite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
'Chlorite Group'
Claudetite
Dolomite
Fluorite
Galena
Garavellite
Goethite
Gypsum
Heteromorphite (TL)
Hidalgoite
Hydroniumjarosite
Jamesonite
Kermesite
Larsenite
Leiteite
Malachite
Metastibnite
Mimetite
Oxyplumboroméite
Plagionite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Rosasite
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Valentinite
Vivianite
Zinkenite


46 entries listed. 44 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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