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Cuprite from
Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Limonite4 photos of Cuprite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:92424
Long-form Identifier:1:3:92424:1
GUID (UUID V4):72b2db85-2546-4455-91e0-bd71e7f16ad1
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Alte Malscheid Mine, Malscheid (Mahlscheid; Mahlscheiderkopf; Mahlscheider Kopf), Herdorf, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.6km (2.3 miles) Breimehl Mine, Brachbach, Kirchen (Sieg), Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.6km (2.9 miles) Aarbacher Einigkeit Mine, Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.1km (3.2 miles) Eisenzecher Zug mine, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.3km (3.3 miles) Grüneau Mine (Grüne Au Mine; Grünau Mine), Schutzbach, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
6.2km (3.8 miles) Brüderbund Mine, Kohlenbach Valley, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
6.5km (4.0 miles) Käusersteimel Mine, Kausen, Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
8.7km (5.4 miles) Fischbacher Werk Mine, Niederfischbach, Kirchen (Sieg), Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.4km (5.8 miles) Concordia Mine, Niederfischbach, Kirchen (Sieg), Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.8km (6.1 miles) Fürst Moritz Mine, Niederfischbach, Kirchen (Sieg), Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
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Book
immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive chakopyrite...strongly tarnished, showin,z bright iridescence. Herdorf, Siegerland. 38 TABLE 5 The principal igneous
Book
Netherlands. Back cover The museum ldar-Oberstein. West-Germany. is quaintly situated beneath the Felsenkirche...Copyright 1986 by . Ulrich Burchard, Lalling, West-Germany All rights reserved including the right of reproduction...Printed in Germany Miscellaneous: Design & Lay Out by Rainer Bode, Haltern, West-Germany Type set by...Wurzburg, West-Germany Colour separations by Litho Thungen GmbH, Thungen, West-Germany H. Bari, Musee...Printed by Sellier Druck GmbH, Freising, West-Germany 6 Gasull, Museo de Geologia, Barcelona 249; V
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Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps....momentum came from my first visit to the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec in 1997. I was fascinated by
Catalog/List
Italy. massive, green 2 variety ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. crystals ADAMITE,variety...tufts AENIGMATITE, varfoty RHONITE: Eitel, West Germany. slender crystals in matrix AFGHANITE:Pitigliano...Index, Washington, USA. crystals ALBITE: Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quobcc, Canada. crystals ALBITE: St....good crystal sections AS ,'\BOVE ALGOOONITE:Calumot Mine, Michigan, USA. massive ALL'\NITE: . Quadeville...1-:incrva .i'l Mine, Cavo-ln-Rock, Illinois, USA. good crystals ALT/1ITE: Hilltop Mine, Organ Mountain
Journal (issue)
Australian Museum, Sydney • Antleriet van de Jomac mine, Utah • En veel MKA- en ander nieuws… Mineralogische...antleriet met carbonaatcyanotrichiet van de Jomac mine, Utah, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt...cerussiet-kristallen van de Proprietary Block 14 mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Specimen...anhydrous amphibole from the Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabua District, madhya Pradesh, India 428-440...186-187 New York mining 188-193 Autunite, Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington 194-196 Orpiment from
Catalog/List
directly from the miners at the Elmwood Mine in Tennessee, when the mine was actively producing twenty years...Manganite from Ilfeld in the Harz Mountains of Germany, with crystals up to 1.88 inches (4.74 cm) long...namesake for Heulandite - who was born in Bayreuth, Germany in 1778. Since he died in 1856, it is clear that... 52002 SZENICSITE with POWELLITE Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region...mineral came from one pocket in the Jardinera No. 1 Mine. That find was roughly one cubic meter in volume
Journal (issue)
with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the Red Cloud mine and made one of history's most spectacular wulfenite...discovery at tbe Red Cloud mine, Ed Over moved on in 1939 to investigate tbe Hilltop mine in Cochise County.
Catalog/List
vein in banding. GRF. LMI. £6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...STIBICONITE after STIBNITE and STIBNITE, Knipes Mine, New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Yellow chalky...VGRF. Ml. .- -£12.00 16 TETRAHEDRrTE, Silver Vein Mine, St Winnow, Cornwall. Glistening bright silvery...£12.00 21 NATIVE COPPER, Trephina Lode, Pendarves Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Golden thin leafy exposed vein
Journal (issue)
Ueber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...emphasis or clarity, and (d) proper names, e.g., mine levels. 8. Credits. Caption data for specimen photos...the New Nevada mine in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico and legrandite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi, Durango...the Sar Francisco mine in Sonora, the Veracruz amethyst locality, and the sulfur mine in Baja. He was a...was in fact the general manager of the Robinson Mine at Kokomo, some 15 miles north of Leadville (and
Book
by Gloucester Typesetting Co. Ltd. Printed in Germany Contents Translator's Foreword 4 Foreword ...forms. The word derives from the Latin ‘minera’ = 'mine’. Mineralogy is the science dealing with minerals...known in some parts of the Continent, including Germany. Ore: Ores are deposits of minerals, which contain...Hydroxides Chromite, chrysoberyl, columbite, cuprite, franklinite, goethite, haematite, ilmenite, corundum...prisms and pyramids. Occurrence: England, Scotland, Germany, Alps, Urals, Brazil, Madagascar. Quartz is important
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA T FLUORITE MINE he Vergenoeg fluorite mine is located in the Gauteng Province...approximately 80 kilometers northeast of Pretoria. The mine is somewhat of an anomaly regarding the production...koechlinite has been discovered. In addition, the mine has produced spectacular botryoidal and stalactitic...Afrikaans, meaning “far enough.” The Vergenoeg fluorite mine is located approximately 140 kilometers northeast...northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa. Access to the mine is easy via a paved road that leads off from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 COPPER RAY MINE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA Downloaded by [University...Alabama. 40 ROCKS & MINERALS pseudomorphs after cuprite, aragonite, azurite, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite...frequently associated with silver, chalcocite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, tenorite, and a variety of...shaft, arborescent groups from the Copper Queen mine, and even postmining growths on old timbers in the...pit. Some Bisbee copper is pseudomorphous after cuprite, and copper coated with silver has been reported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
justifiesthe supposition that a wider vein of cuprite exists at depth; that would only be a coincidence...copperdepositsas an important source of copper. Theodore Wolf was government geologist for Ecuadorfor many yearsbefore1890...and in developingthe mine, all the material will have to be included. "Cuprite is an excellentore mineral...coppercarbonate. In order to determinethe grade mine and to initiate preparatory work. Whoever of the...rocks derived from elsewhere. The small piecesof cuprite do not indicate the existence of a thicker vein
Catalog/List
teadnated ARS!NIC. Andreasberg, Harts Mts. , Germany. Pure lead grey mass showing "mioo" layer structures...label40x30x25mn. U6. 4. 5. ~u,_,. Panasqueira Mine, Beira-Beixa, Portugalxl without matrix. 65x45x20mm...60x40x3Cmn. f.12. .u.._ xls æ ~- CALCIT! ~'"'€vor Mine,. St Just, Cornwall. Three transluænt tel'ldnated...si das. U. 80x30x28nm. t2L1. CAI.CITE. Geevor Mine, St Just, xls to lOmn intergrown 50x45x3Cmn. t12...shape with a little chlorite. CALCITE.Cambokeels Mine, Co Durharn, Wcardale. 13. about ,half covered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Clara Mines Ober-Wolfach, Baden, West Germany Outstanding crystals of barite and fluorite have...Black Forest, which forms the southwest corner o f Germany, bordering on France and Switzerland. I n many...opportunity for many sports. A l ­ though the Clara mine is the mineralogists' chief target, there are many...when the mine was worked by the Kinzigthaler Mining Corporation. Today, the older Clara mine is abandoned...open pits, dumps, and closed tunnels. The new Clara mine is a mile and a quarter to the southwest. Current
Book
Wm. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1973. Printed in Germany. FOREWORD The book by R. METZ and A. E. FANCK...The word mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite...brown-coloured crystal edges. From Cecilia mine, WOlsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. Fluorite from Latin fluor...moss-like foil on milky-white quartz. !> From Musariu mine, Transylvania. Gold Au cubic. Quartz fron1 German
Wm. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1973. Printed in Germany. FOREWORD The book by r. Merz and a. £. FANCK...The word mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite...reddish coloured compact barytes. From Sophia mine, Wittichen, Black Forest. Calcite from Latin...brown-coloured crystal edges. From Cecilia mine, Wélsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. Fluorite from Latin fluor
Catalog/List
display. ltx2i". £11. 7. ARSENOPYRITE. New Rosewarne Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall. Rich, bright, silvery mass composed...ist matrix. 2x2xlt". £3.50. BUST ITE. Zinc Corp. Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. ales, ustralia. Large, slightly...veinstuff. 2tx2". £5.50. CASSITE1i.ITE. Poldi e Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Small, bright, brmmish black...veinstuff. 2-tx2xlt". £4.75. CASSITE1i.ITE. Cligga Mine, crranzabuloe, Cornwall. Select, Vlell formed, large...Dufti te. 2ixlt", £6.50. CThUSSITE. Pentire G13ze Mine", St. Minver, Cormlall. Rich, creamy ,lhite, elongated
Catalog/List
Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ... 8 nn ae from the \ slight ¢ « nax 1g Mine : The Kevin Ward Mineral Exceptional German...cm Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany; by the consignor. The story behind this 10 cm...silver was found in the late 1970s at the Dukat Mine measures which is mainly known by 6 cm Ex: Helmut
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Willstaett-Eckartsweier Germany info@wendel-minerals.com Clara Mine The Figure 1. Dumps of the Clara mine where collecting...a small fee. Near Wolfach in the Black Forest Germany From the Myth of the “Golden Calf ” to Modern Mining...to be told even now (List 1969). Today, the Clara mine uses the latest technology and is one of the most...the best quality. Location and History The Clara mine lies in the upper Rankach Valley, about 5 kilometers...located in the central Black Forest in southwestern Germany, in the province of Baden-Wurttemberg. It might
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
St. Just aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 Alkali feldspar,...breakdown product of staurolite from Donegal, 237 Auburn mine, Michigan, stilpnomelane, 36I and M37 Augite, Turkey...anal., opt., sp. gr., X-ray, I79 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369... Larne, Co. Antrim, tobermorite, 229 Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, tlapallite, 183 Ban...Pembrokeshire, 8 I Bingham, Utah, tobermorite, 229 Binny mine, Kondapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India, chromite, bronzite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near Ladysmith (Rosemeyer 1999, the Vulcan Materials...found there (Merge 1996). One deposit, the Flambeau mine near Ladysmith, has already been mined. Other deposits...Chalcocite, chalcopyrite, gold, azurite, malachite, cuprite, sphalerite, silver, pyrite, and pynhotite occur...extends into Wisconsin from Michigan. The Montreal mine, now abandoned, produced fantastic specimens from...siderite (Laybourn 1979). Berkshire mine, Mt. Whittlesey. An abandoned mine in the SE 1/4 sec. 9 T.44N. R.2W
Book
on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long. 6 ...with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...Classification Siderite, 8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size...specimen shown here comes from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California, and its actual size is about 2 inches
Book
hardness, color and occurrence. Printed in Germany Hippocrene Color Guides GEMS AND MINERALS IN...a HIPPOCRENE BOOKS, INC. First published in Germany by Chr. Belser Verlag, Stuttgart, under the title...Number: 74-8194 SNB: 0-88254-281-8 Printed in Germany STEINE, FOREWORD The book by R. Metz and A...CRYSTALS mineral comes from the Latin minare, to mine, and originally designated minerals and rocks so...on encrusting honeycombed limonite. From Wolf mine, Herdorf, near Betzdorf in valley of the Sieg. Rhodochrosite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Postcard view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS...at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue to be productive sources...fine-grained masses) (Perry 1948). Birds Nest graphite mine, Ruby Mountins, sec. 29, T. 8 S., R. 7 W. Mined...color), thorite (Staatz et al. 1979). Browns Lake mine, Rock Creek district, sec. 3 and 4, T. 4 S., R.
 
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