Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formCONCORDANT, LENTICULAR ELLIPSE
Ore controlNearly Perfectly Concordant With The Bedding. Probably Precipitated From The Sea.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Pharciceraskalk (Lagerkalk) Limestone;Stringocephalen Ore Beds;Lenneschieffer Slates And Shales
StructureHercynian Massif., Ore Bed In The Elspe Syncline. Markhan, Halberbracht And Natheller Faults Cross It At Right Angles
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1850
Identification
Deposit ID10073068
MRDS IDW018878
RegionEU
Data scoreB
Coordinates51.13213, 8.25228
References
MOORE, J. M., 1971, FOLD STYLES IN THE OREBODIES OF MEGGEN AND RAMMELSBERG, GERMANY; INST. MIN. AND METALL. V 80 P B 108 - 115RIDGE, J. D., 1963, SUGGESTED VOLCANIC - SYNGENETIC ORIGIN FOR CERTAIN EUROPEAN MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; TRANS. AM. INST. MIN. ENGIN V 226 P. 30, 31RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., 1970, AIME SYMP PB - ZN, V. 1 P 948-9.