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Chalcopyrite from
Slate quarry, Altlay, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite4 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Ankerite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Ankerite at this locality.
Chlorite Group1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Baryte1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slate quarry, Altlay, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:421672
Long-form Identifier:1:3:421672:8
GUID (UUID V4):9b4f9384-07ba-4727-99c3-6f9eb816b761
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Adolf-Helene Mine (Barbarasegen Mine), Altlay, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.7km (2.9 miles) Theodor Mine (Gewerkschaft Merkur Mine), Tellig, Zell, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.3km (6.4 miles) Gondenau Mine, Traben-Trarbach, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
14.0km (8.7 miles) Kautenbach Mine, Kautenbach, Traben-Trarbach, Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
14.3km (8.9 miles) Eid Mine, Neuerkirch, Simmern-Rheinböllen, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
17.9km (11.1 miles) Friedrichsfeld Mine, Bundenbach, Herrstein-Rhaunen, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
19.1km (11.8 miles) Annenberg, Monzelfeld, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
20.5km (12.7 miles) Copper mine, Wellersbachtal, Monzelfeld, Bernkastel-Kues, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
20.7km (12.9 miles) Marien adit, Weiden, Herrstein-Rhaunen, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
26.2km (16.3 miles) Hellberg Quarry (Pfeiffer Quarry), Kirn, Kirner Land, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Kautenbach Mine Bernkastel-Kues, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany Steffen Jahn c/o Bode Verlag GmbH Am...Am Knickbrink1 12 31020 Salzhemmendorf, Germany jahn@mineralien-welt.de Galena pseudomorphs after pyromorphite—the...Kautenbach mine near Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland-Palatinate are among the most famous of European “classics...Inset: The location of the Rheinland-Palatinate (pink) in Germany, and the Kautenbach mine. often tarnished...the veins is chiefly galena, the other chiefly chalcopyrite. The workings consisted of several shafts from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
weathering or alteration of a single mineral, chalcopyrite, the dominant primary ore mineral of copper...both the mining industry and the collector, chalcopyrite forms under a wide variety of geologic conditions...exceptional with respect to the parent species, chalcopyrite. However, at one time several American localities...localities produced truly exceptional chalcopyrite specimens. One such locality is the French Creek iron...source of some of the world’s best chalcopyrite crystals. Chalcopyrite is well known as a brass-yellow,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western part of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany L. Krahn ~, A. Baumann 2 i Geologisches Landesamt...Nordrhein-Westfalen, De-Greiff-Strasse 195, D-47803 Krefeld, Germany 2Zentrallaboratorium fiir Geochronologie, Institut...Wilhelms-Universitiit, Corrensstrasse 24, D-48149 Mfinster, Germany Received: 2 February 1994/Accepted: 7 August 1995...Friedrich 1991) are dark-brown sphalerite with chalcopyrite tetrahedrite/freibergite (11 31 wt.-% Ag). Gangue...(Bundenbach) Altlay vein system M. Minheim (Minheim) M. Gondenau (Irmenach) M. Adolph-Helene (Altlay), 8th level
Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...tarnished chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive...coated with chalcopyrite, with foliated siderite and calcite crystals. Clausthal, Harz Mts., Germany. PLATE... Typical association from Neudorf, Harz Mts., Germany. Below A single crystal taken from this specimen;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sb-Pb-Ag±Au mineralization in the Schwarzwald, SW Germany: a record of metamorphic cooling, tectonic rifting...Accepted: 1 November 2018 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract A combination...Sb-Pb-Ag±Au-bearing quartz veins in the Schwarzwald (SW Germany) with isotopic, fluid inclusion, and geochemical...University Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 56, 72074 Tübingen, Germany 2 Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen...Bremen, Klagenfurter Straße 4, 28359 Bremen, Germany Shear zone-hosted, mesothermal (Au-)Sb vein deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analyses from the Kautenbach Mine near Bernkastel, Germany (the most famous locality of these specimens) and...known BBE occurrences (Zschopau, Ore Mountains, Germany; Huelgoat, Brittany, France; Wheal Hope, Cornwall...Dreifaltigkeits Mine near Zschopau in Saxony, Germany, are listed, represents the earliest written document...Himmelfürst Mines, Saxony, Germany; Kautenbach Mine, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; Huelgoet, Bretange, France...Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany DOI: 10.1127/njma/2017/0058 eschweizerbart_xxx
Journal (volume)
Scotland. Leioptilus (Hellinsia) osteodactylus, Zell. Gelt Wood (G. Wilkin son). Cumberland (Barrett’s... 68). Var. warringtonellus, Ephestia kuhniella, Zell. Carlisle (J. Dalton). Abundant in Stt. Occurs with..., in Europe in 1877, being found at Halle, in Germany, by p. 412). This is rather a local species, found...Scotland. Spilonota trimaculana, Haw. ; suffusana, Zell. Appears in June and July. Tarn Lodge, Hayton Moss...arrett’s Brit. Lcp., xi., p. 49). Mixodia palustrana, Zell. Cumberland, said to occur along the Cheviots (Barrett’s
Journal (issue)
Mileusnić, A. Maričić & M. Hruškova Hasan 5 Featuring slate: the German geoheritage initiative “Rock of the...Rupnica near Voćin (Figure 1). Rupnica is an old quarry with well-exposed phenomenon of columnar jointing...(Figure 2 left). Rupnica (together with Trešnjevica Quarry, where a magmatic vein several hundred metres in...Papuk. The second protected geological site is Quarry Fantazija (Figure 2 right) near Rovinj (Figure...good practice is Vinkuran (Figure 1), the oldest quarry in Istria (Figure 3 left), known as “Cava Romana”
Book
on Ore Deposits in Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany, September 16-19, 1985. Base metal sulfide deposits...Genesis of Kupferschiefer Mineralization in West Germany F.-P. Schmidt and G. Friedrich (with 24 Figures)...Paracelsus Strasse 40.0-3300 Braunschweig, West Germany Base Metal Sulfide Deposits G.H. Friedrich, P...Lithology Age Stages in basin evolution Hercynian, Germany Table 2. Evolution of selected basins that contain...paleotectonic setting of Rammeisberg and Meggen, Germany - a basin analysis study. In: Turner RJW, Einaudi
Book
by Gloucester Typesetting Co. Ltd. Printed in Germany Contents Translator's Foreword 4 Foreword ...known in some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain...salt tetragonal prism (4 faces) pyramids chalcopyrite rutile zircon hexagonal prism (6 faces) pyramids...covellite, tetrahedrite, cobaltite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, lollingite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, molybdenite...prisms and pyramids. Occurrence: England, Scotland, Germany, Alps, Urals, Brazil, Madagascar. Quartz is important
Book (volume)
subordinate amount, it is true, together with chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite, were also found in the copper...nickelite, together with chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, calcspar, brownspar, ironspar, barite...country rock is partly normal phyllite and clay slate, but mainly metamorphic rocks resulting from the...(pitchblende) is as a rule associated with chalcopyrite and galenite. In late years it has been proved...very rich in native silver, were discovered in slate at Haileybury, in Ontario, Canada, in 1903, while
Book (volume)
(Specord 75 IR or Specord M80, Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany), Perkin Elmer 1600 Series FT IR spectrometer or...FT IR spectrometer (Bruker Optics, Ettlingen, Germany). IR spectrum of a pure KBr disc was subtracted...Mg3B7O13Cl Locality: Wandsleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Description: White to beige fine-grained aggregate...Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany (type locality). Description: White fibrous aggregate...Locality: Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany. Description: White
Catalog/List
Serpentinite. 2txlt". £6. 3. APATITE. Colcerrow Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall. Very fine highly modified... Grube Sampson, 8'1>. Andreasberg, Harz Mts., Germany. Unusual silvery grey It" botryoidal mass. £~....granite matrix. 3Xlt". £2. lig~t AUTUNITE. Merrivale Quarry, D8rtmoor, Devon. micro crystals richly encrusting...intergro"ffi with a little drusy Quartz on silicified Slate matrix. 3x2". £4-. 17. EROCHANTITE. Bisbee, Conchise...crystals traversed by thin rods of tarnished Chalcopyrite. 3tx2t". £2. 21. CASSITERITE. Goonbarrow Clay
Report (volume)
Chemical and isotopic studies of a core of Marl Slate from NE England: influence of freshwater influx.... . . . . . 9 19 31 55 63 75 87 103 113 127 Germany J. PAUL. Environmental analysis of basin and schwellen...schwellen facies in the lower Zechstein of Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J...Stratigraphy of the Lower Werra Cycle (Z1) in West Germany (preliminary results) G. RICHTER-BERNBURG. Zechstein...Chemical and isotopic studies of a core of Marl Slate from NE England: influence of freshwater influx
Report (issue)
Geochronological expertise has been provided by Zell E. Peterman and Kenneth R. Ludwig of the U.S. Geological...Geochronological expertise has been provided by Zell E. Peterman and Kenneth R. Ludwig of the U.S. Geological...Geochronological expertise has been provided by Zell E. Peterman and Kenneth R. Ludwig of the U.S. Geological...Buttes West 7 1/2 1 quadrangle, Wyoming. 2S92, quarry exposure on east side of Bald Butte, Rawhide Buttes...plane of 1socl1nal fold, north side of central quarry of Guernsey Stone Co., Guernsey 7 1/2 1 quadrangle
Catalog/List
Tywardrea th, Cornwall. i,. 2xl" cavity in Quartz/slate matrix completely lined with small sharp transparent...~OPHYLLITE. 9. JillGENTITE. Freiburg, Saxony, Germany. Bright, metallic grey cubic crystals to t" in...2x2". £4. 13.BERTHIERITE. Braunsdorf, saxony, Germany. Rich metallic grey radiated mass with minor uartz...on a crust of bright Quartz crystals on Quartz/Slate matrix. 3tx2t". £6. 20. BRITHOLITE. Deux Montagnes...crystals implanted on Gilbertite mica on iron stained Slate. 3tx4". £4.50. 24. CuSSITERITE. Great Wheal Fortune
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
below 200 ppm. CE P The principal In hosts are chalcopyrite, sphalerite and stannite group minerals with...Sphalerite locally contains up to 1.42 wt% In, chalcopyrite has up to 2200 ppm and stannite group minerals...highest in sphalerite and stannite group minerals, chalcopyrite accounts for the majority of the In budget throughout...or native In formed locally where In-bearing chalcopyrite or sphalerite have been replaced by bornite... The In partitioning between sphalerite and chalcopyrite varies broadly between 1:1 and 10:1. In the
Catalog/List
tarnished Bornite intergrown with minor golden Chalcopyrite. A very colourful specimen. 2ix2xl£". £3- 10...sparkling black crystals covering a buff coloured slate matrix with minor Pyrite. 3xli". £2. 15. CERULEITE...stalactitic Chalcedony covering a matrix of Quartz and Slate. 7xhix3". £?. 19. CHaLOO^LUMITE. Grandview Mine...Specimen D - 2xl-.}xl". £1.50. 20. CHALCOPYRITE. Dreislar, Sauerland, Germany. Well formed bright golden sphenoidal...cox-comb Barytes matrix. k-g-x1!-. £6. 21. CHaLCOPYRITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall.
Catalog/List
Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will be satisfactory...at the pristine source underground ar an fresh quarry faces and the like. Very aften though, such source...malachite. About 2-3 nm. BABINGT(}IITE, Goose Creek Quarry near Leesburg, Virginia. Sharp, blad< crystals...Small specimens. 132 BIOTITE, Laacher See, Rhineland, Germany. Sharp prismatic crystals 1tith nosean crystals...colorful magnolia purple crystals an dark gray slate. The crystals are simple unit rhombohedrals. See
Catalog/List
APRIL 1974 1. NATIVE ARSENIC. Burraton Combe Quarry, St. Stephens-bySaltaoh, Cornwall. Specimen A -...~hlorite and small clear uartz crystAls on silicified Slate matrix. Specimen - 3x2". £4; Specimen B - 2xlt"...sPecimen consisting of a conglomerate of Chloritised Slate Pebbles cemented by Chlorite and with small sharp...grey mass ",ith minor Quartz. 2x2". 50p. 25. CHALCOPYRITE. Consolidated Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall. Pure...EMPLECTITE. Tannenbaum, Nr. Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany. Rich, metallic, tarnished bladed maSS8S thickly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
old HaleWalker Quarry —perhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...green coating on pegmatite, at the Hale-Walker Quarry itself, was seen a few years ago. It was probably...in one block of quartz. Galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and chalcocite are easy to find. In addition...mineral are a dark blue in color associated with chalcopyrite. At first glance the digenite can be readily..."Considerable hyalite has come from the Morrow (Leiper's) Quarry, on Route 320 between Swarthmore and ROCKS AND
Report (issue)
percussion and power auger sampling· 10 6 Black Scar Quarry - channel and chip samples 11 7 Rotary percussion...test whether a Kupferschiefer facies of the Marl Slate is present locally, gave negative results. The primary...briefly described below. Sorrowful Hill-Forcett Quarry A small north-east trending vein was formerly...large Forcett Quarry working the Limestone to the north. Within the Limestone, chalcopyrite, wither­ ite...nodules show 2-5% Cu on analysis. Close by in Forcett Quarry [1575 1067] the small fault is exposed in a face
Catalog/List
CASSITERJTE Sn O 621 CAVANSITE Ca VOSiO 445 CHALCOPYRITE CuS 58 CHAMBERSITE MnBO Cl 602 CHAROITE K CaNa...5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture... Bayerland Mine, Ix½ £5 Waldsassen, Oberpfalz,Germany. Maize, Antsirabe, Madagascar ½ x½£3 Ix½ £5 St... Brosso Minc,lvrca.ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic...Claims, Gila County, Arizona U.S.A Haury Quarry, Black Forest, Germany Ayama Bolivia ½x½£1.50 Ix½ £2.50 lxl
Catalog/List
£2. 4. N"TIVE .I.RSENIC. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Grey shelly solid mass with minor Calcite and...cavities associated with gossan and a little Chalcopyrite. 2xlt". £3. 8. AZURITE. Chessy, Rhone, France...scattered on a matrix of cellular and botryoidal Chalcopyrite. 2txlt". £3· 28. Cfu.LCOCITE. Trenwith Mine...crystal with odd small crystaline masses of Chalcopyrite implantEd ::m it. 4x4" with face edges 3" in...crystals slishtly encrusted with small bribht Chalcopyrite crystals. 3tx3". £5; Specimen B - Intergro;m
Catalog/List
intergrown with whitish Fluorite and a little brassy Chalcopyrite. 3~-x2t". £2.16. 10. BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot...Quartz with odd small crystals of Tetrahedrite on a Slate matrix. l~xlt". £4.32; Specimen B - Large, metallic...5 mm. in size richly scattered over a cellular Slate/Chlorite veins tuff with sil~ery gre Y s~~rp crystals...Psilomelane. Itxltxl". £5.40. 22. CHABAZITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Unusual hollow...2txl·~xl". £2.16, 28. COBALTITE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Sharp, SLIvery grey, cubic crystals to 5 mm, in
 
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