Hahnenkleer gang train

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The Hahnenkleer Gangzug belongs to the Upper Harz ore veins . The gait disorder is in the northwestern Harz near Hahnenklee-Bockswiese . The Hahnenkleer Gangzug forms the continuation of the Lautenthaler Gangzug to the east and turns into the Hahnenkleer Liegendgang and the Hangendgang , as well as into the Morgenröther, Haus Bülower and Neckelnberg-Kuttelbacher Gang . The Morgenröther Gang is divided again into the Landesherrner , the Gemkentaler and the Kupferkroner Gang . The mining focused on Hahnenkleer courses in the local situation of Hahnenklee and had its greatest significance between the 18th and 19th centuries. There was mineralization there of about 230 meters of striking length and 190 meters of depth on the middle dike and nest-shaped on the hanging and lying dikes. In the eastern course there was still comparatively little mining activity on the Landesherrner and Kupferkroner Gang.

Course (projected onto the surface of the day)

Hahnenkleer courses

On the Hahnenkleer Berg, the Scharung with the Bischoffstaler Gang of the Lautenthaler Gangzug, which merges into the Hahnenkleer Gangzug and splits into the Morgenröther Gang. Southern outskirts of Hahnenklee (here the most important mineralization) - Langetalskopf - Großer Bärenberg - Altetalskopf - Großer Wiesenberg - Okertalsperre ( Mulltal ) - Brückenschänke - Langes Tal (as Langetalgang ). Further course in the oker granite contact zone not known.

Morgenröther corridor

Hahnenkleer Berg (corrugation with Lautenthaler Gangzug and Bischoffstaler Gang) - Kranicher Teich - Bocksberg - Auerhahn - Schalke (here exfoliation in the Landesherrner and Kupferkroner Gang).

Sovereign gang

Schalke (encircling with the Kupferkroner Gang to Morgenröther Gang) - Riesenbachskopf - Kleiner Wiesenberg - Northern outskirts of Schulenberg in the Upper Harz - Okerstausee ( Weißwasserbrücke ) - Small and Great Gemkental : transition to the Gemkentaler gangways, the course of which is lost in the Oker granite.

Kupferkroner corridor

Schalke (encirclement with the rulers' gang to the Morgenröther gang) - Silberbachskopf - Schulenberg in the Upper Harz - Okertalsperre - Waldhaus Gemkental - crossing into the Oker granite on the Kalbekopf .

Paragenesis, peculiarities

The largest part of the ore content was made up of silver-bearing galena . Next came sphalerite , pyrite and chalcopyrite ago. The latter was the subject of mining activities, especially in the eastern parts of the gangway. Typical gaits were calcite and quartz , some of which grew together with the adjacent rock to form breccias .

Outcrops

The Hahnenkleer Gangzug can be recognized by mining traces in the form of pings and smaller heaps outside the local area of ​​Hahnenklee. In Hahnenklee itself, these tracks were built over.

Overview of mining history

Mining on the Hahnenkleer Gangzug is said to have already existed in the Middle Ages , which was recorded again in 1561. In the core area of ​​Hahnenklee, the Theodora and Stability Mine was of greater importance, which arose from the St. Edmund (named after Jobst Edmund von Brabeck ), Sincerity , Stability and Theodora mines . From 1745 to 1799, the Lautenthal Hope Gallery was driven from Lautenthal over a length of four km to remove water from the area . It brought a depth of 158 m and replaced the Hahnenkleer adit (1112 meters long, largest depth 42 meters) that was driven from 1548 to 1680 . In 1828 the mining of silver-bearing galena came to a standstill due to exhaustion of the deposit . Bishop Friedrich built the mine on the sovereign corridor in the area around Schulenberg in the Upper Harz Mountains until 1796 . A modest mining of copper ore took place through the King Georg pit on the east side of the Okerstauseeses until 1870. The Kupferkroner Gang was opened up, for example, via the Haus Bülower tunnel , which was closed in 1861 and is now located under the Okertalsperre.

literature

  • Christoph Bartels : From the early modern mining industry to the mining industry . German Mining Museum, Bochum 1992, ISBN 3-921533-53-8 .
  • 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 .