Pyrolusite pit field

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Pyrolusite
General information about the mine
Information about the mining company
Start of operation circa 1870
End of operation circa 1910
Funded raw materials
Degradation of
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 37 '0 "  N , 8 ° 34' 17.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '0 "  N , 8 ° 34' 17.1"  E
Pyrolusite (Hessen)
Pyrolusite
Location pyrolusite
local community Lahnau
country State of Hesse
Country Germany
District Wetzlar mountain area

The pyrolusite mine field was a mine field near Waldgirmes (municipality of Lahnau ) in the Lahn-Dill district . The pit field was between Waldgirmes and Bieber in a wooded area south of Hof Haina

history

The 243,248 Quadradlachter (800,000 m²) large pit box was after a presumption awarded by September 6, 1856 the Obersteiger Christian Pfeiffer to Wetzlar on 21 May 1870 manganese ore.

From 1910 it became part of the Morgenstern Consolidated Mine.

A dismantling between 1870 and 1910 is not known.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Ralf Stahl, hiking guide through the historical mining of the community Waldgirmes