Mathilde Pit (Helmeroth)
| Mathilde | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Tunnel construction , civil engineering | ||
| Rare minerals | Cuprite , langite , posnyakite , serpierite | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Start of operation | 1866 | ||
| End of operation | 1916 | ||
| Successor use | campsite | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Lead , zinc | ||
| Greatest depth | 140 m | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '38.8 " N , 7 ° 44' 5.4" E | ||
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| Location | Helmeroth | ||
| local community | Helmeroth | ||
| country | State of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| District | Bergrevier Hamm an der Sieg | ||
The pit Mathilde was a lead and zinc ore mine in Helmeroth in the municipality Hamm an der Sieg in the district of Altenkirchen in Rhineland-Palatinate . The pit was north of Helmeroth on the western bank of Nister and was a rather insignificant pit in the Siegerland ore district . Lead and zinc ore containing silver were mined .
history
The Mathilde mine emerged from the consolidation of the individual mines Gute Mathilde , Guter Heinrich and Gustav Adolph in 1868 . Individual pits had existed since 1866. The consolidated mine field was lent to lead, zinc, iron and copper. The pit had an upper gallery ( location ), an approx. 500 m long deep gallery at 155.6 m above sea level on the Nisterufer ( location ), as well as a machine shaft ( location ) and a production shaft ( location ). The mining of the ores , which were later transported to the Siegtal by cable car, took place up to the 140 m underground level, which could be reached via cesspools from the deep tunnel.
Aisle means
In a specially folded hollow area between the Wehbacher and Wissener saddles, several rather insignificant ore veins occur. It is a short NW-SE trending, SW-sloping corridor with several individual corridor means (e.g. means Gustav Adolph), which consist of zinc blende and silver-rich lead ores. Spateisenstein was also present in small quantities but was not mined.
Successor use
Today there is a campsite on the area around the deep tunnel. In 2010, the outflow of pit water from the deep tunnel was examined to estimate geothermal potential uses .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Grube Mathilde in the Mineralienatlas
- ↑ Gustav Wolf: Description of the mountain district Hamm an der Sieg . Adolph Marcus, Bonn 1885.
- ↑ a b c Institute for Geothermal Resource Management: Study to record and quantify the heat flow from flooded mine workings of the former ore mining in Hamm / Sieg and assessment of geothermal potential uses