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Christian-Gottfried Grube, Głuszyca, Gmina Głuszyca, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Polandi
Regional Level Types
Christian-Gottfried GrubeMine (Lost)
GłuszycaVillage
Gmina GłuszycaGmina
Wałbrzych CountyCounty
Lower Silesian VoivodeshipVoivodeship
PolandCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 41' 27'' North , 16° 21' 42'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
50.69103,16.36171
GRN:
N34E08
Type:
Mine (Lost) - last checked 2019
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Głuszyca6,897 (2010)0.8km
Głuszyca Górna1,278 (2010)2.9km
Jedlina-Zdrój5,062 (2016)3.4km
Walim2,763 (2015)5.9km
Heřmánkovice498 (2018)8.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
333759
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:333759:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


In the nineteenth century, coal and anthracite mined in the "Christian-Gottfried Grube" mine. Anthracite appeared on the contact between hard coal and porphyry.


Old baryte mine.

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Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

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OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Czech Republic/Germany/Poland
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References

www.youtube.com (n.d.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOH56VzwxsY
Traube, H. (1888) Die Minerale Schlesiens [The Minerals of Silesia]. J.U. Kern's Verlag. 286 pp.
Lis, Józef, Sylwestrzak, Hubert (1986) Minerały Dolnego Śląska [Minerals of the Lower Silesia]. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne.
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