List of mines in the Spessart

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Mining in the Spessart was first mentioned around 1400 for the community of Hailer . Iron , copper , silver and lead were mined , later also cobalt , manganese and barite . The largest metal ore deposit was near Biebergemünd . Mining always played a regional role, the deposits were small.

The deposit contains seams of Kupferletten and contains copper - arsenic - sulfides ( tennantite , enargite , silver- bearing ), copper- iron sulfides ( copper pyrites , bornite ) and arsenides ( lollingite , arsenic pebbles ).

Table of mines

Surname City / municipality comment location image
Lower reason of love Laufach Iron; until 1870, near Weyberhöfe Castle , in the lower Liebesgrund, ironworks and hammer: location location
Emilie Rottenberg Copper, silver, 136.8 hectares in size in 1876
Heinrichstollen Schweinheim Calcite, south of the Elterhöfe, coordinates: eastward 4298.193, high value 5539.080
Gertraudstollen Schweinheim Kalkspat, Elterwald in front of Gailbach, coordinates: east 4298.598, high 5539.001
Wilhelmine Summer bald Copper, Silberfahlerz, size 32.25 hectares in 1876; Visitor mine location Wilhelmine mine 2.jpg
Matthew colliery Summer bald Kupfer, 76.22 hectares in size in 1876 location
Clara Stollen Summer bald copper location
On the Lettenberg Summer bald Copper; Ping fields location
Justus Summer bald Copper, silver, 159 ha in size in 1876
Ceres Summer bald Copper, silver, 94.6 hectares in size in 1876, possibly identical to the Clara tunnel
Vesta Summer bald Copper, silver, 1876 34.8 hectares, possibly identical to "Am Lettenberg"
Maximilian tunnel Small bald Copper; posted: approx. 1820; Length: 434 m location
Upper bare tunnel Small bald Copper; posted: approx. 1916; Length: 180 m location
Help God Large bald Copper ore, silver ore, lead ore, 28.85 ha in size in 1876
Blessing of God, Schönborn-Stollen Huckelheim Cobalt , copper, silver; from 1719 dismantling east of Huckelheim by the barons von Groschlag, from 1759 dismantling is carried out by the von Schönborns; Pit plan from 1782 has been preserved; 1789 End of the dismantling due to a legal dispute Schönborn tunnel: damaged 1766; Length: 520 m Lage , in 1876 37.72 hectares
Aurora Huckelheim Copper and silver ore, 99.54 hectares in size in 1876
On the Sonnenberg Gelnhausen Mining at Hailer mentioned since 1400 location
On the Grauer Berg Gelnhausen Mining at Hailer mentioned since 1400; also Bergmannsloch location
Rossbacher tunnel Biebergemünd Cobalt , iron, manganese ; posted: 1741; Length: 2800 m; brought in depth: 40–60 m location
Tubular tunnel Biebergemünd Cobalt , iron, manganese ; posted: 1731; Length 860 m; brought in depth: 40 m location
Radstubenstollen Biebergemünd Cobalt ; Iron; Manganese ; posted after 1748; Length: approx. 1100 m; brought in depth: 60 m location
Lochborner Kunstschacht (No. 12) Biebergemünd Cobalt ; Iron; manganese location
Upper machine shaft Biebergemünd Iron; Started in 1899; 7.4.1900 completed; 3 levels up to 147 m depth
Upper lime kiln tunnel Biebergemünd Copper; until 1746; Water solution tunnel of the Kalkofer Kupferlettenflötz; Length 100 m location
Lower lime kiln tunnel Biebergemünd location
Grundäker plant Biebergemünd Barite; Opencast mining and civil engineering; on Galgenberg
Schußrain tunnel Biebergemünd
Bertha Stollen Biebergemünd Cobalt ; opened in 1908; Ventilation and dewatering of the Lochborn and Burgberg district; Connection to the lower machine shaft (Wiesenschächtchen) established by May 31, 1925; 3115 m length location
Webersfeld tunnel Biebergemünd Colliery house; Iron; Manganese in operation until 1925 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
Erichstollen Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Partenstein Barite ; from 1840 to 1948 location
pit Neuhütten Barite ; from 1830 to 1962 location
"Christiane" pit Rechtenbach Barite ; from 1917 to 1970 location
Klingenberg clay mine Klingenberg am Main volume location

Klingenberg clay mine (formerly the entrance to the gallery) .JPG

See also

Use this list offline

For mobile and offline use, all coordinates can be downloaded as a KML file or as a GPX file.

literature

  • Klaus Freymann: Metal ore mining in the Spessart. Dissertation, Mineralogical Institute of the University of Würzburg, 1987, published by Geschichts- und Kunstverein Aschaffenburg e. V., 1991. ISBN 3-879-65054-3

Evidence and details

  1. ↑ C. Schumacher, F.-P.Schmidt: Kupferschieferexploration in Osthessen and Northern Bavaria. Erzmetall (38), pp. 428-432, Weinheim, 1985
  2. ↑ Freymann, 1991, p. 108
  3. ^ Website of the municipality of Laufach , accessed on June 28, 2014
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Freymann, 1991, Tab. 34, Fig. 8, Fig. 12 and Fig. 19
  5. ↑ God's Blessing Pit - Pit layout and information , private website, accessed September 27, 2014
  6. ↑ The colorful minerals in the "Blessing God" mine near Huckelheim in Spessart
  7. ↑ a b Fritz Spruth : The mining coinage of the territories at Eder, Lahn and Sieg. Bochum, 1974
  8. ↑ a b c d e Freymann, 1991, p. 126ff
  9. ↑ Upper machine shaft
  10. ↑ a b c d Revier Bieber - Mining around Bieber in the North Spessart
  11. ↑ a b Bertha tunnel - the longest tunnel of all
  12. ↑ a b The historical mining on the hydrothermal Co-Ni-Bi veins, the copper shale of the Zechstein and the carbonate to oxidic Fe-Mn mineralization of Bieber in the Spessart (by Joachim Lorenz, Karlstein a. Main)
  13. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Kulturweg Partenstein , Archäologisches Spessartprojekt eV - Institute at the University of Würzburg, online , accessed on June 28, 2014
  14. ↑ Culture trail "from hut to hut" Neuhütten Table 2 , Archaeological Spessart Project eV - Institute at the University of Würzburg, online , accessed on September 2, 2016
  15. ^ Culture - mining of barite in the Spessart ; Website of the municipality of Rechtenbach; accessed on May 24, 2020
  16. ↑ KML file . Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  17. ↑ GPX file . Retrieved August 18, 2019.