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Sphalerite from
Maubacher Bleiberg, Hürtgenwald, Düren, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Age information
Maximum recorded age:170 ± 4 Ma
Minimum recorded age:170 ± 4 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1170 ± 4 MaMiddle Jurassic - Rb-Sr
Sample references:
1 -
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bravoite10 photos of Sphalerite associated with Bravoite at this locality.
Pyrite10 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Marcasite2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Maubacher Bleiberg, Hürtgenwald, Düren, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:103955
Long-form Identifier:1:3:103955:9
GUID (UUID V4):6230a989-e910-4d0a-b117-bc1bc7d6e1c8
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
11.9km (7.4 miles) Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12.3km (7.6 miles) Albert Mine, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12.7km (7.9 miles) Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12.7km (7.9 miles) Zufriedenheit Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12.9km (8.0 miles) Henriette Shaft, Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
14.0km (8.7 miles) Binsfeldhammer lead smelter slag locality, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
14.3km (8.9 miles) Breinigerberg Mine, Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
14.7km (9.2 miles) Hammerberg Mine, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
14.8km (9.2 miles) Büsbacher Berg Mine (Brockenberg Mine), Büsbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
15.4km (9.6 miles) Birkengang zinc smelter slag locality, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Selected Galena Occurrences in the North Eifel and North Sauerland, Germany D. Large*, R. Schaeffer Institut...collected from a variety of occurrences in the north Eifel and north Sauerland. On the basis of the data presented...sandstone-hosted disseminated mineralisation in the north Eifelo In the north Sauerland, Saxonian (late Mesozoic-Tertiary)...mineralised districts in northwest Germany - the north Eifel and the north Sauerland. The samples were taken...mineralisation is briefly described below. 236 North Ei fel The Maubach und Mechernich deposits are hosted
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...of the river Rhine. It comprises the Eifel and Hunsriick mountains and the Eifel North-South Zone. An...near-shore arenaceous to silty rocks occur in the north. In the course of the Variscan orogeny during the
Book (edition)
localities of magmatic origin (in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia...those of pegmatitic origin in the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc...the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur on
Book
Congress Catalog Card No. 66-17809 Printed in Germany 08 011635 3 PREFACE TO THE T H I R D (GERMAN)...G. FRIEDRICH, Aachen, Germany H . FROHBERG, Toronto, Canada R. L A GANZA, North Adelaide, S. Australia...Pullman, Washington R. A. ZIMMERMANN, Heidelberg, Germany 2 Bamdohr, Theorie Minerals XVÜ ABBREVIATIONS...possess even higher contents of lead and galena, sphalerite, silver, gold, and palladium. I n places of extreme... FIG. 2 y2 X , drawing Sohland on the Spree, Germany 6 RAMDOHR So-called "pipe ore". The drops of
 
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