Treasury aisle
The treasure chamber gang , named after the mine of the same name, differs from all other Upper Harz ore veins in its unusual north-north-west-south-south-east stripes . Up to the end of the 18th century, the gait disturbance , which is only around 1,000 meters long, was the subject of mining on silver-bearing galena and an essential basis for the freedom of Altenau in the Harz Mountains .
Course (projected onto the surface of the day)
The treasure chamber corridor is bounded in the north by the Schultaler Gangzug in the center of Altenau and in the south by the Burgstätter Gangzug (western section) . It runs right under the bed of the Oker .
Paragenesis, peculiarities
The Treasury transition had a weak distinctive galena - sphalerite - Mineralization with low silver content. Calcite and quartz formed the gaits .
Outcrops
In the Okerbach bed the parallel rock ( Kulm- Kieselschiefer ) can be seen.
Overview of mining history
Mining on the Treasury Gang started around 1540. The most important mines were the Treasury Pits , operated from 1570 to 1773 and Rose operated from 1570 to 1767. Mining reached its peak in the first half of the 18th century and was completely stopped in 1797. The area was the 1,800-meter depths Treasury cleats , construction period 1739-1750, solved .
literature
- Torsten Schröpfer: Treasure trove: Interesting facts about the West Harz mining and metallurgy . 1st edition. Pieper, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2000, ISBN 3-923605-08-0 .
- Dieter Stoppel: Course map of the Upper Harz . Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials, 1981, ISSN 0540-679X .