Pit Green Lion
| Green lion | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Rare minerals | Pyrargyrite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Employees | 77 (1885) | ||
| Start of operation | 1465 | ||
| End of operation | 1906 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Iron , ( copper ore ) | ||
| Greatest depth | 283 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 51 '15 .5 " N , 7 ° 57' 59.5" E | ||
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| Location | Gosenbach | ||
| local community | Wins | ||
| District ( NUTS3 ) | Siegen-Wittgenstein | ||
| country | State of North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bergrevier Siegen I | ||
The Grüner Löwe mine was one of many iron and copper ore mines in the local area of Gosenbach near Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The pit was first mentioned in 1465. Funding was provided from the Grüner Löwer Tiefen Stollen and the 283 m deep shaft of the mine. From the 1750s it was reported that the production was about 5 tons of copper ore per year. Between 1836 and 1839, 18 tons of cobalt were mined. The iron ore extraction took place here the most:
- 1855: 6,972 tons
- 1857: 5,360 t
- 1865: 5,567 tons
- 1885: 10,364 tons
In 1885 there were 77 employees. In 1898 the mine became part of the Storch & Schöneberg union . But as early as 1906 the production was stopped. It was connected to the Storch & Schöneberger mine railway .
The corridor of the same name, the Green Lion, was around 120 m long and on average 1–4 m thick. Up to 8 m thick spate iron stone appeared in the upper depths ; in addition to iron ore, copper and cobalt ore were also mined.
See also
Web links
- Gerd Bäumer: Ore mining in the Siegerland area ( Memento from November 7, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
- Mineralienatlas - minerals of the Grüner Löwe pit
swell
- T. Hundt, G. Gerlach, F. Roth, W. Schmidt: Description of the mountain areas Siegen I, Siegen II, Burbach & Müsen ; Bonn 1887
- Journal for mining, metallurgy and saltworks in the State of Prussia , issues 1855–68