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Silberloch Mine (Silberloch vein), Orschwiller, Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

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(Mine du Silberloch (Filon du Silberloch), Orschwiller, Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France)

Ancient lead mine, started in 1527 and abandoned a few years after. Around 1850, the deposit was re-worked for lead, silver and china clay for a short period of time. The mine worked two lead- and zinc-bearing veins, consisting of brecciated quartz, baryte and fluorite, formed by hydrothermal deposition in NE-SW trending fractures of the Vosges fault zone. The host rocks are strongly silicified, as is typical for the contact zone between the Vosges granites and the sediments of the basement.
Located near Orschwiller, about 12 km NE of Ribeauvillé. The site of this mine is now landscaped.



References:
- J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994





Mineral List:
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  'Bitumen'
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Creedite
    Ca
     
    3
    		[SO
     
    4
    		|Al
     
    2
    		F
     
    8
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Galena
    var: Argentiferous Galena
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Glauconite
    K
     
    0.08
    		R
    1
    1.33
    		 R
    2
    0.67
    		 [][Al
     
    0.13
    		Si
     
    3.87
    		O
     
    10
    		](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Manganite
    Mn
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994]


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