Regional Report: Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Ancient lead and zinc mining area, worked since the 14th century. The lead and zinc ores were included in a series of roughly parallel, NE-SW trending quartz-baryte veins, hosted by quartzites and devonian schists. They often intersect with fault zones, displacing them by several meters. In 1972, rich silver and antimony ores were recovered from one of these zones. 26 adits/mines existed along the 10-km extension of the vein system ("Bastenberg-Dörnberg-Gangzug"). The last mines were abandoned in 1976; one of them was turned into a tourist mine.

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Boulangerite - 3, 4, 7, 2

Bournonite - 3, 4, 2

Breithauptite - 6

Brianyoungite - 3, 1

Brochantite - 3

Calcite - 4, 1

Caledonite - 3

Cerussite - 4, 1, 5

Chalcanthite - 6

Chalcocite - 6

Chalconatronite - 3, 1

Chalcophanite - 6

Chalcophyllite - 3

Chalcopyrite - 3

Chalcostibite - 6

Chenite - 1

'Chlorite Group' - 6

Chrysocolla - 6

Cinnabar - 6

Connellite - 6

Copper - 3

Corkite - 6

Covellite - 6

Cuprite - 6

Devilline - 6

Dickite - 6

Dolomite - 4, 7

Dundasite - 6

Elyite - 6

Erythrite - 6

Ferrarisite - 4

Ferricopiapite - 6

Ferrinatrite - 6

Fraipontite - 6

Galena - 4, 7, 2

Gerhardtite - 3

Gersdorffite - 1

Goethite - 6

Greenockite - 6

Gypsum - 1

Hematite - 6

Hemimorphite - 3, 4, 1

Hidalgoite - 6

Hörnesite - 6

Hydrohetaerolite - 6

Hydrozincite - 6

Imiterite - 4, 1

Jarosite - 6

Kaolinite - 6

Köttigite - 6

Ktenasite - 6

Langite - 4

Leadhillite - 3

Lepidocrocite - 6

Linarite - 3, 4, 1

Linnaeite - 6

Malachite - 3

Marcasite - 4, 6

Melanterite - 6

Millerite - 3, 4

Mimetite - 6

Minium - 6

Monohydrocalcite - 6

Muscovite - 6

Namuwite - 1

Nickeline - 6

Nickelskutterudite - 6

Olivenite - 6

Orthoserpierite - 6

Palmierite - 6

Parasymplesite - 6

Partzite - 3, 6

Plagionite - 6

Plumbojarosite - 3, 6

Polybasite - 6

Polydymite - 6

Posnjakite - 3

Proustite - 6

Pyrargyrite - 6

Pyrite - 4, 1, 2

Pyrolusite - 6

Pyromorphite - 3, 4, 1

Pyrrhotite - 6

Quartz - 3, 4, 1, 2

Rammelsbergite - 6

Ramsbeckite - 3

Realgar - 6

Redgillite - 3, 1, 5

Retgersite - 6

Richelsdorfite - 6

'Rock Crystal' - 6

Römerite - 6

Rosasite - 4, 1

Rozenite - 6

'Schalenblende' - 4

Schulenbergite - 4, 1

Schultenite - 6

Scorodite - 1

Semseyite - 4, 2

Serpierite - 1

Siderite - 3, 4, 2

Silver - 6

Smithsonite - 3

Spangolite - 3, 6

Sphalerite - 3, 4, 2

Stephanite - 6

Sternbergite - 6

Stibiconite - 4

Sulphur - 4

Susannite - 3

Tetrahedrite - 4, 2

Todorokite - 6

Ullmannite - 4

UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn - 3

Valentinite - 1

Vivianite - 6

'Wad' - 6

Woodwardite - 6

Wroewolfeite - 3

139 minerals listed.

Locality Key

1	Alexander Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
2	Aurora Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
3	Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
4	Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

5	Juno Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
6	Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
7	Willibald Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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