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Galena from
"Im Lochborn" Copper mine, Bieber, Biebergemünd, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view "Im Lochborn" Copper mine, Bieber, Biebergemünd, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:59644
Long-form Identifier:1:3:59644:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
4.6km (2.8 miles) ⓘHilfe Gottes Mine, Großkahl, Kleinkahl, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘSegen Gottes Mine, Oberwestern, Westerngrund, Aschaffenburg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘSchmitt dolomite quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘNeuhof-Ellers potash works, Neuhof, Fulda, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
43.1km (26.8 miles) ⓘHimmelsberg, Giesel, Neuhof, Fulda, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
57.3km (35.6 miles) ⓘWundertshecke Mine, Friedrichsthal, Wehrheim, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
58.2km (36.2 miles) ⓘHeinrich mine, Kransberg, Usingen, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
58.8km (36.5 miles) ⓘJeanette Mine, Kransberg, Usingen, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
58.8km (36.6 miles) ⓘAnna Mine, Friedrichsthal, Wehrheim, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
59.5km (36.9 miles) ⓘPhillipseck Mine, Münster, Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
References
Wagner, T., Lorenz, J. (2002) Mineralogy of complex Co-Ni-Bi vein mineralization, Bieber deposit, Spessart, Germany. Mineralogical Magazine, 66 (3) 385-407 doi:10.1180/0026461026630036
 
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