Westerwald Region

Occurrence in Germany with commodities Nickel, Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038922
MRDS ID M046411
Record type Site
Current site name Westerwald Region

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 7.75226, 50.74881 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES NE OF KOBLENZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Germany

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore

Analytical data

Result PT = TRACE TO 1 OZ/TON, ONE SAMPLE MARCASITE: AU = 4 PPM, AG = 100 PPM, PT = .1 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 7.75226, 50.74881

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Westphalia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON, P. 33

  • Deposit

    NODDACK AND NODDACK, 1931, GEOCHEMIE DES RHENIUMS: ZEITSCHR. PHYS. CHEMIE, V. 154A

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.