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Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germanyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Segen Gottes Mine | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Wiesloch | Municipality |
| Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | District |
| Karlsruhe Region | Region |
| Baden-Württemberg | State |
| Germany | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
49° 17' 48'' North , 8° 43' 14'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2020
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German:
Grube Segen Gottes, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
An old lead and zinc mine closed in 1953. The mine site and most of the dumps have been landscaped. Part of a dump remains east of the road leading from Altwiesloch to Dielheim, but it is heavily overgrown and most of the sulphides have decomposed into a dark mass that smells of sulphurous oxide.
The mine worked a hydrothermal-metasomatic zinc-lead-silver deposit of Mississippi Valley type (MVT), which is hosted in shell limestones and controlled by a system of SE-trending fractures. The main ore was Schalenblende, composed of sphalerite and galena with minor marcasite and melnikovite (and no wurtzite at this locality !), which often formed botryoidal concretions of a stalactite-like shape that were up to 40 cm long and up to 15 cm across.
A very similar mineral paragenesis was found in the limestone quarry near Nußloch.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
32 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ 'Bindheimite' Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ✪ Galena Formula: PbS Habit: Anhedral Colour: grey Fluorescence: none Description: Anhedral masses enclosed in Schalenblende |
| ⓘ Geocronite Formula: Pb14Sb6S23 Description: aee:http://www.mindat.org/mesg-11-259637.html References: |
| ⓘ Gratonite Formula: Pb9As4S15 |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ✪ Hutchinsonite Formula: TlPbAs5S9 Habit: anhedral Colour: Black with red internal lights Fluorescence: none Description: enclosed in Jordanite see:http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,11,259637,259923#msg-259923 |
| ⓘ Hydrozincite Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ Jordanite Formula: Pb14As6S23 Habit: anhedral Colour: lead grey Fluorescence: none Description: inclusions in schalenblende |
| ⓘ Kermesite Formula: Sb2S2O |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Livingstonite Formula: HgSb4S6(S2) |
| ⓘ 'Melnikovite' References: |
| ⓘ Meneghinite Formula: Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| ⓘ Metastibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ Mimetite Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ Native Sulphur Formula: S8 |
| ⓘ Orpiment Formula: As2S3 Colour: canary yellow Description: Yellow sprays in geocronite bubbles have been discovered. EDX analysis at Freiberg Institute showed orpiment. |
| ⓘ 'Petroleum' |
| ⓘ 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' |
| ⓘ Plagionite Formula: Pb5Sb8S17 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ Realgar Formula: As4S4 |
| ⓘ Seligmannite Formula: PbCuAsS3 |
| ⓘ Semseyite Formula: Pb9Sb8S21 |
| ⓘ Smithite Formula: AgAsS2 |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS References: |
| ⓘ Stibiconite Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| ⓘ Wurtzite Formula: (Zn,Fe)S References: Dr. Günter Grundmann collectionIdentified by Dr. Günter Grundmann: Polarised-light microscopy |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Wurtzite | 2.CB.45 | (Zn,Fe)S |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Metastibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Realgar | 2.FA.15a | As4S4 |
| ⓘ | Orpiment | 2.FA.30 | As2S3 |
| ⓘ | Kermesite | 2.FD.05 | Sb2S2O |
| ⓘ | Seligmannite | 2.GA.50 | PbCuAsS3 |
| ⓘ | Smithite | 2.GC.30 | AgAsS2 |
| ⓘ | Meneghinite | 2.HB.05b | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| ⓘ | Plagionite | 2.HC.10b | Pb5Sb8S17 |
| ⓘ | Semseyite | 2.HC.10d | Pb9Sb8S21 |
| ⓘ | Hutchinsonite | 2.HD.45 | TlPbAs5S9 |
| ⓘ | Livingstonite | 2.JA.05i | HgSb4S6(S2) |
| ⓘ | Geocronite | 2.JB.30a | Pb14Sb6S23 |
| ⓘ | Jordanite | 2.JB.30a | Pb14As6S23 |
| ⓘ | Gratonite | 2.JB.55 | Pb9As4S15 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ | 'Bindheimite' | 4.DH.20 | Pb2Sb2O6O |
| ⓘ | Stibiconite | 4.DH.20 | Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Hydrozincite | 5.BA.15 | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Mimetite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Melnikovite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' | - | |
| ⓘ | '' | - | |
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References
Pfaff, Katharina, Hildebrandt, Ludwig H., Leach, David L., Jacob, Dorrit E., Markl, Gregor (2010) Formation of the Wiesloch Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the extensional setting of the Upper Rhinegraben, SW Germany. Mineralium Deposita, 45 (7) 647-666 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5
Ströbele, Florian; Wenzel, Thomas; Kronz, Andreas; Hildebrandt, Ludwig H.; Markl, Gregor (2010) Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of high-medieval lead–silver smelting slags from Wiesloch near Heidelberg (Germany)—an approach to process reconstruction. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2 (3). 191-215 doi:10.1007/s12520-010-0039-7
Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany