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Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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(Zinkhütte Genna (Schlackenvorkommen), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)

Slag dumps of an ancient smelter. The plant was built in 1886 to process zinc ores mined in the Iserlohn - Letmathe area. Located south of the Letmathe railway station and about 3 km west of Iserlohn.



References:
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1986): Neue Minerale von der Schlackenhalde der ehemaligen Zinkhütte Genna in Letmathe/Sauerland. Aufschluss 37 (2), 55-67.
- Pawlowski, D. (1991): Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland. Weise Verlag, Munich.





 Map Reference: 51°21'39"N , 7°37'2"E

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Mineral List:
  		•  Adamite
    Zn
     
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)(OH)
    Reference: []
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © Leon Hupperichs
  		•  Antlerite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: []
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Bindheimite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Sb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(O,OH)
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © DV Minerals
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: []
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: []
  		•  Cristobalite
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Cyanophyllite
    (Cu,Al)
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|Sb
    5+
     
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [SCHNORRER-KÖHLER, G. (1986): Neue Minerale von der Schlackenhalde der ehemaligen Zinkhütte Genna in Letmathe/Sauerland. Aufschluss 37, 55-67.]
  		•  Fayalite
    Fe
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Franklinite
    Zn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: []
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Hidalgoite
    PbAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  		•  Hydroniumjarosite
    (H
     
    3
    		O)Fe
    3+
    3
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    Reference: []
  		•  Johillerite
    Na(Mg,Zn)
     
    3
    		Cu[AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001]
  		•  Ktenasite
    Zn(Cu,Zn)
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  		•  Lanarkite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[O|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Langite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Linarite
    PbCu[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Luzonite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Natroalunite
    (Na,K)Al
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Olivenite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Ordoñezite
    ZnSb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © C.Boutry
  		•  Plumboferrite
    Pb
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
    11-x
    		Mn
    2+
    x
    		O
     
    19-2x
    		, x = 1/3
    Reference: []
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Rozenite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Schulenbergite
    (Cu,Zn)
     
    7
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|(SO
     
    4
    		,CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © luigi chiappino
  		•  Serpierite
    Ca(Cu,Zn)
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: []
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: []
  		•  Stranskiite
    (Zn,Cu)
     
    3
    		[AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001]
  		•  Tenorite
    CuO
    Reference: []
  		•  Tridymite
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Willemite
    Zn
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Woodwardite
    Cu
     
    4
    		Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    12
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 2-4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Zincaluminite
    Zn
     
    6
    		Al
     
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    13
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991]
    Site Photo
    Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    © Bert Hendriksen
  		•  Zincite
    (Zn,Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)O
    Reference: []


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