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Meggen

Past Producer in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany with commodities Lead, Sulfur, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182604
MAS/MILS ID 4280250001
Record type Site
Current site name Meggen

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 8.07398, 51.1238 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nordrhein-Westfalen(province)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 8.07398, 51.1238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.5M
    Length 3700M
    Width 800M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 861024
  • Area 40HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1727
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sachtleben Bergau Gmbh
    Interest 100
    Home office Germany Fr
    Year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • PA, MT CONC/DAY: 525 MT ZINC; 47 MT LEAD; 2280 MT SULFUR.
  • SURFACE MINING BEGAN IN 1727. UNDERGROUND MINING BEGAN IN 1853 AND CONTINUES TO THE PRESENT. BARITE PRODUCTION ENDED IN 1977. CONCENTRATOR WAS BUILT ON SITE IN 1963 TO PRODUCE CONCENTRATES OF ZINC, LEAD, AND PYRITE. CONVERSION TO MECHANIZED MINING WAS STARTED IN 1972 AND COMPLETED IN 1979.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 8687000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8687000mt ore
    Total resources 8687000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 6.81 wt-pct Zinc Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA FROM PAH REPORT.
  • COST DATA NEED TO BE UPDATED FOR REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 654M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 3100
    Slope of Inclines 10
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 3335
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 255
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • PYRITE CONCENTRATES ARE RAILED 120KM TO SMELTER AT HOMBERG ON THE RHINE. LEAD AND ZINC GO TO METALLGESELLSCHAFT SMELTERS IN GERMANY, ALSO TO OTHER EUROPEAN SMELTERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1991

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-77 P 91

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, SEPTEMBER, 1971, P. 49-51.

  • Deposit

    BRINCKMANN, J., AND SIEWERS, U., 1980, STRATABOUND SULPHIDE-

  • Deposit

    BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE RHENOHERCYNIAN ZONE: ERZMETALL,

  • Deposit

    BD. 33, NR.3, P. 137-140.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY RUNDSCHAU, V. 63, P. 22-73.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY RUNDSCHAU, 1974, P. 74-93.

  • Deposit

    ERZMETALL, 1978, BD.31, H.12, P.560-566.

  • Deposit

    ERZMETALL, 1979,BD.32, H.12, P.532-537.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 1979, P. 426-433.

  • Deposit

    METALLGESELLSCHAFT, ANNUAL REPORTS 1978-80.

  • Deposit

    ERZMETALL, 1979, BD.32, H.2, P. 90-94.

  • Deposit

    ERZMETALL, 1979, BD.32, H.7/8, P. 303-306.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING/MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING

  • Deposit

    1980, P. 130, 296.

  • Deposit

    GLUCKAUF, 1976, 112, NR.10, P. 582-590.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, SEPTEMBER 1981, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    ZIMMERMANN, R.A., AND AMSTUTZ, G.C., 1971, THE MEGGEN PYRITE

  • Deposit

    BARITE DEPOSIT, IN MULLER, GERMAN, ED., SEDIMENTOLOGY

  • Deposit

    OF PARTS OF CENTRAL EUROPE. INTER. SEDIMENTOL. CONG.,

  • Deposit

    8TH, HEIDELBERG, GUIDEBOOK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN, VERLAG

  • Deposit

    WALDEMAR KRAMER, P. 254-261.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRUDE ORE MINED AND CAPACITY: ZN 3,600 TPD, DEVELOPED BY VERTICAL SHAFT, MINED BY SUB-LEVEL CAVING AND ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS, ORE CONCENTRATION TYPE OF PROCESSING AND CAPACITY: GRAVITY 700 TPD, HEAVY MEDIA SEPARATION 3,600 TPD, AND FLOTATION 2,900 TPD. .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-1995 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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