Grube Fortuna

Producer in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255448
MAS/MILS ID 4280150001
Record type Site
Current site name Grube Fortuna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 8.48555, 50.5488 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rheinland-Pfalz(province)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Germany Rheinland-Pfalz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 8.48555, 50.5488

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Barbara-Rohstoffbetriebe Gmbh
    Interest 100
    Home office Germany Fr
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 41 wt-pct Iron Major 1978
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.17 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUANTITIES NOT INDICATED. ACTUAL ORE GRADE FE: 40-42 PERCENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PFEUFER, J., STAND DER BERGBAUTECHNIK IM EISENERZBERGBAU

  • Deposit

    DER BUNDES REPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND; GLUECKAUF VOL. 114, NO. 1,

  • Deposit

    1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LHD MINING TECHNIQUE SINCE 1971. COSTS OF DRILLING AND BLASTING 0.88 DOLLAR/TON OF ORE. PRODUCTION IN 1974: 126,000 TONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Baumann, Dianna L. / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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