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Kongens Mine, Overberget Mine-field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

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(Kongens gruve; Kongens grube; Kongelig Majestets gruve)

The largest and the oldest of the silver mines in the Kongsberg area. Mining was started 18. October 1623, and were in operation until mining ended in Kongsberg. The deepest shaft in Kongens Mine is 1070 meter deep (ca. 500 meter below sea level!).
The name "Kongens mine" translated in english means the Kings mine.



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

- Møller, N. B. (1861) Mineralnotiser. Nyt Mag. Naturv. 11, 59-64

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

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

- Nordrum, F. S. (2002): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2001-2002. STEIN 29 (2): 4-10 [on a find of thenardite]





Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Kjell Gatedal collection and photo ]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Nordrum, F.S.(1995): Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket. Bergverksmuseets skrift nr 9 ,42-47]
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Nordrum, F.S.(1995): Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket. Bergverksmuseets skrift nr 9 ,42-47]
  		•  Argentopentlandite
    Ag(Fe,Ni)
     
    8
    		S
     
    8
    Reference: [Nordrum, F.S.(1995): Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket. Bergverksmuseets skrift nr 9 ,42-47]
  		•  Argentopyrite
    AgFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Kjell Gatedal collection and photo ]
    Site Photo
    Kongens Mine, Overberget Mine-field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
    © Kjell Gatedal
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Nordrum, F. S. ; Larsen, A. O. & Erambert, M. (2003): Ba,Sr-mineraler i Kongsberg sølvforekomster- en foreløpig rapport. Norsk Bergverksmuseum skrift 25: 43-50]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Møller, N. B. (1861) Mineralnotiser. Nyt Mag. Naturv. 11, 59-64, pp. 62-63); Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 90]
  		•  Cubanite
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Kjell Gatedal collection and photo ]
    Site Photo
    Kongens Mine, Overberget Mine-field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
    © Kjell Gatedal
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Nordrum, F.S.(1995): Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket. Bergverksmuseets skrift nr 9 ,42-47]
  		•  Dyscrasite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Sb
    Reference: [Kjell Gatedal collection and photo]
    Site Photo
    Kongens Mine, Overberget Mine-field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
    © Kjell Gatedal
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Nordrum, F.S.(1995): Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket. Bergverksmuseets skrift nr 9 ,42-47]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Jalpaite
    Ag
     
    3
    		CuS
     
    2
    Reference: [Lietz, J. (1939): Mikroskopische und chemische Untersuchungen an Kongsberger Silbererzen. Zeitschr.ang. Min. 2, 65-113; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 16]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Description: Found at 520 m level, as primary mineral symplectitic intergrown with silver.
    Reference: [Neumann (1944, pp. 71-73); Neumann (1985, p. 39).]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Kjell Gatedal collection and photo ]
    Site Photo
    Kongens Mine, Overberget Mine-field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
    © Kjell Gatedal
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sternbergite ?
    AgFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Description: Brünnich (1777) describe "sølv-holdig kis" (silver bearing sulphide) from Kongens Mine and Gottes Hülfe Mine. Probably sternbergite.
    Reference: [Brünnich, M. L. (1777): Forsøg til Mineralogie for Norge. Priskrift, Trondhjem, p. 22; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 23]
    Site Photo
    Kongens Mine, Overberget Mine-field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
    © Kjell Gatedal
  		•  Thenardite
    Na
     
    2
    		SO
     
    4
    Description: possibly formed by dehydrated mirabilite
    Reference: [Nordrum, F.S. (2002): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2001-2002. STEIN 29 (2): 4-10]


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