Musen

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109572
MRDS ID M046408
Record type Site
Current site name Musen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 10.39592, 51.10531 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Germany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Siegenite Ore

Analytical data

Result MINERAL SAMPLES CONTAINING PLATINUM: KOBALTNICKELKIES = .016 PT OZ/TON ULLMANNIT = .016 PT OZ/TON ARSENNICKELGLANZ = .0032 PT OZ/TON
Result SIEGENITE SAMPLE = AU 1 PPM, PT = .5 PPM

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 10.39592, 51.10531

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Siegerland

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE, 16. BAND, ENKE VERLAG, STUTTGART, P. 149

  • Deposit

    GOLDSCHMIDT AND PETERS, 1932, GEOCHEMIE DES EDELMETALLE: MATH - PHYS. KL. NO. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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