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Rammelsberg

Past Producer in Niedersachsen, Germany with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133880
MAS/MILS ID 4280200002
Record type Site
Current site name Rammelsberg

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 10.41231, 51.90875 (WGS84)
Elevation 370
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Niedersachsen(province)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Germany Niedersachsen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 10.41231, 51.90875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 25M
    Length 900M
    Width 500M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830718

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 968
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Preussag Ag Metall
    Year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT OUTPUT 479 MT CONC/DAY INCLLUDES: 299 MT ZN; 94 MT PB; 23 MT CU; 36 MT AG; 37 MT AU.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Indicated 1075000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1075000mt ore
    Total resources 1075000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5 wt-pct Lead Major 1986
    Gold Au 0.05 g/mt Gold Minor 1986
    Zinc Zn 14 wt-pct Zinc Major 1986
    Silver Ag 90 g/mt Silver Minor 1986
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 1075000mt ore
    Total resources 1075000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Zinc Zn 14 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 100% MINE RECOVERY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1180
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 28.5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 235
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-77 P 91

  • Deposit

    ANGER, G., ET.AL., 1966, SULFUR ISOTOPES IN THE RAMMELSBURG

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSIT (GERMANY): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 61,

  • Deposit

    PP. 511-536.

  • Deposit

    BRICKMANN, J.,AND SIEWERS, U., 1980, STRATABOUND SULFIDE-

  • Deposit

    BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE RHENOHERCYNIAN ZONE: ERTZMETALL

  • Deposit

    33, NR. 31 PP. 137-144.

  • Deposit

    ERZBERBWERK RAMMELSBERG DER PREUSSAG AG METALL, PAPER.

  • Deposit

    GW0SDZ, VON WERNER, ET.AL, 1974, PIC LIEGENDSCHICHTEN DER

  • Deposit

    DEVONISCHEN PYRTT-U. SCHWERSPAT-LAGER VON EISEN

  • Deposit

    (SAARLAND), MEGGEN UND DES RAMMELSBERGES: GEOL.

  • Deposit

    RUNDSCHAU, PP. 74-93

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1933, THE PYRITIC DEPOSIT OF RAMMELSBERG,

  • Deposit

    GERMANY, MINERAL DEPOSITS, MCGRAW-HILL, PP. 626-628.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, APRIL 1969, PP. 69-73.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1979-1980, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL TIMES, 1980, PP. 444-446.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING/MINING JOURNAL, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING, 1980, P.295.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, NOB. 1979, PP. 420-425.

  • Deposit

    STAFF OF PREUSSAG, JAN. 1980, THE RAMMELSBERG MINE.

  • Deposit

    SCHOT, E.H., 1971, THE RAMMELSBURG MINE: A SYNOPSIS:

  • Deposit

    SEDIMENTOLOGY OF PARTS OF CENTRAL EUROPE GUIDEBOOK,

  • Deposit

    VIII, INT. SEDIMENT. CONGRESS, PP. 264-272.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, 1981, P. 174.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRUDE ORE MINED AND CAPACITY-PB ORE, ZN ORE 1,100 TPD TOTAL, AND CONC PRODUCED AND CAPACITY-CU-6TPD, AU 1,000G/DAY, PB 35 AG 55 KG/DAY, ZN CONC 95TPD, DEVELOPED BY VERTICAL SHAFT, MI MECHANIZED CUT AND FILL, FLOTATION-1,100 TPD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-95 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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