Schartenrück quartz occurrence, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
49° 35' 26'' North , 7° 52' 39'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mineral Occurrence Area (Abandoned) - last checked 2021
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
410860
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:410860:6
GUID (UUID V4):
79555134-277d-4078-aa17-b1a96a28b434
Not far south west from Grüner Löwe mine an unusual (for Imsbach) mineralization occurs on the southern slope of Schartenrück hill.
The locality was discovered by local collectors in the late 1970s. After the construction of a new forest road brown to grey quartz rocks and boulders were exposed. Interestingly few quartz rocks contain a poor Cu mineralization with native copper, cuprite and malachite crystals. The outcrop of the quartz mineralization has not yet been discovered.
The forest road is nowadays completely overgrown and new quartz rocks can only rarely be found in that area. About 40 meters away (coordinates: N49° 35' 25.6" E7° 52' 40.9") there is a trial work in rhyolite with disseminated copper ore (malachite).
The first collectors sold and swapped the minerals as originating from "Erni-Lili mine, Imsbach" and probably samples with such a label are in many collections. But neither Erni nor Lili mining fields are covering the Schartenrück and as stated above there is no relation of the minerals to ancient mining activities.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Copper Formula: Cu |
| ⓘ Cuprite Formula: Cu2O |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Copper | Cu |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
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