Provenite

Georg Mine (Willroth)

MineClosedDraft data

50.5672° N, 7.5222° E · ± 1 km

Siderite from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Siderite

On the same specimen

Same specimen Quartz with Siderite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show siderite with quartz together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Siderite at Georg Mine (Willroth)

Crystallized siderite from a major spathic-iron vein mine where siderite itself was the iron ore.

Light-brown flattened siderite rhombs with glassy quartz on massive siderite from the Georg Mine.
Light-brown flattened siderite rhombs with glassy quartz on massive siderite from the Georg Mine.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
FeCO₃
Morphology
Flattened rhombs on massive siderite
Color / luster
Light brown, lustrous
Associated minerals
Quartz
Availability
Scarce
History
Massive siderite was mined as iron ore until 1965.

Sources: SRC-599 SRC-625

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Spathic iron (siderite) vein deposit up to 18 m thick in three lenses, with brown iron ore in the upper levels.
Type
Hydrothermal
Region
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country
Germany

Mining recorded from 1338; about 6.5 million t of iron ore produced; last shift 31 March 1965. The headframe is a listed monument. Coordinates from German Wikipedia.

Sources: SRC-599

Sources

  1. SRC-599 · Website
    Grube GeorgWikipedia contributors · Wikipedia (German)
  2. SRC-625 · Website
    File:Siderite-Quartz-271659.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.