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Arsenopyrite from
Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:31065
Long-form Identifier:1:3:31065:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘGroßfÞrstin Alexandra Mine, Goslar, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘHuneberg Quarry, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘLautenthal smelter slag locality, Lautenthal, Langelsheim, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘGabbro Quarry, Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
20.7km (12.8 miles) ⓘCatharina Neufang Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘSamson Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘChristine Mine, Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘRoter BÃĪr Mine, St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
22.6km (14.1 miles) ⓘLudwig-Rudolf Mine, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
23.1km (14.4 miles) ⓘDas AufgeklÃĪrte GlÞck Mine (AufgeklÃĪrtes GlÞck Mine), Hasserode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
References
Krul, H. (1969) Geologische zwerftochten. N.V. W.J. Thieme & Cie - Zutphen, Netherlands, 161 pp. (in Dutch).
Large, D., Walcher, E. (1999) The Rammelsberg massive sulphide Cu-Zn-Pb-Ba-Deposit, Germany: an example of sediment-hosted, massive sulphide mineralisation. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (5) 522-538 doi:10.1007/s001260050218
SÃĄez, Reinaldo, Moreno, Carmen, GonzÃĄlez, Felipe, AlmodÃģvar, Gabriel R. (2011) Black shales and massive sulfide deposits: causal or casual relationships? Insights from Rammelsberg, Tharsis, and Draa Sfar. Mineralium Deposita, 46 (5) 585-614 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0311-x
Moreno, Carmen, GonzÃĄlez, Felipe, SÃĄez, Reinaldo (2019) Basin Evolution and Massive Sulfide Deposition at Rammelsberg (Germany): Updating the Subsidence Analysis. Minerals, 9 (1) 45 doi:10.3390/min9010045
 
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