Gondenau
Gondenau mine | |||
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General information about the mine | |||
Mining technology | Tunnel construction | ||
Information about the mining company | |||
End of operation | 1949 | ||
Funded raw materials | |||
Degradation of | Slate / lead, silver | ||
Degradation of | Lead, silver | ||
Geographical location | |||
Coordinates | 49 ° 56 '49.5 " N , 7 ° 9' 28.2" E | ||
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local community | Traben-Trarbach | ||
( NUTS3 ) | Bernkastel-Wittlich district | ||
country | State of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
Country | Germany |
Gondenau is a former slate and ore mine in the Trarbacher Grubenfeld, approx. 3 km east of Traben-Trarbach / Mosel (slope side to the Ahringsbach valley ).
The first documentary mentions for slate and ore mining in what was then the county of Sponheim can only be found in the late Middle Ages. In 1949 the mine was closed. By 1948, 50,000 tons of gangue had been recovered. From this, 3,200 tons of lead, 4,200 tons of zinc, 12 tons of copper and 1 ton of silver of metal were made up (melted).
literature
- Horst Faust: The Gondenau. Slate and ore in the Starkenburg Forest . Neuheisel, Traben-Trarbach 2003.