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Boxbach mine (Bocksbach mine), Breidenbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germanyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Boxbach mine (Bocksbach mine) | Mine |
| Breidenbach | Municipality |
| Marburg-Biedenkopf | District |
| Giessen Region | Region |
| Hesse | City-State |
| Germany | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 53' 0'' North , 8° 23' 26'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Breidenbach | 6,866 (2017) | 4.7km |
| Bad Laasphe | 15,184 (2015) | 5.8km |
| Biedenkopf | 13,788 (2015) | 10.2km |
| Erndtebrück | 7,685 (2017) | 15.2km |
| Hatzfeld | 3,409 (2015) | 16.3km |
Other Languages:
German:
Boxbach (Bocksbach), Breidenbach, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Deutschland
Site of a former copper mine, active 1683-1919, supplying ore to the smelter at Breidenbach.
A dump survives.
Older sources use the spelling Bocksbach.
(The site falls within the constituent community Wiesenbach of Breidenbach, and is within a few hundred metres of the state boundary to North Rhine-Westphalia.)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Rheno-Hercynian BeltOrogenic Belt
EuropeContinent
- Rhenish MassifMassif
Germany
- Lahn ValleyRiver Valley
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Boxbach mine, Breidenbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany