Friedensgrube Mine

Producer in Germany with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
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 10038913
MRDS ID M046398
Record type Site
Current site name Friedensgrube Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 11.68556, 50.38207 (WGS84)
Relative position 28 MILES NORTH BAYREUTH AT LICHTENBERG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Germany

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gersdorffite Ore

Analytical data

Result "ARSENNICKELGLANZ" SAMPLE = .003 OZ PT/TON GERSDORFFITE SAMPLE = AU 10 - 100 PPM, AG 10 - 100 PPM, PT .1 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 11.68556, 50.38207

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oberfranken

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.