Buggingen Mine

Past Producer in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany with commodity Potassium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207004
MAS/MILS ID 4280450001
Record type Site
Current site name Buggingen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 7.63543, 47.84884 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baden-Wurttemberg(province)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Germany Baden-Wurttemberg

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 7.63543, 47.84884

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Winterschall A. G. Group
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • BEGAN PROD IN 1915, CLOSED AUG 1973, CRYSTALLIZTION PLANT PRODUCING 40-50% K20 AND 60% K202 120,000 TONNES/YR, K20 EQU 77-RCD 651-CRVSTALLIZATION PLANT HAS PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF TONNES K20 EQUIVALENT/YR.-PRODUCING 40-50% K20 AND 60% K20

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH, 1970, SURVEY AND MAPPING BRANCH,DEPT

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, OTTAWA, CANADA

  • Deposit

    DMA SERIES 1501.SHEET 253-B.SCALE 1:250,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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