CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
559 Germany 51.28 N -- 008.53.15 E Marsberg Cu; Ag; Pb
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Marsberg
Political location(s): Germany
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: paralic marine; in marl
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Pb
Geological ages: Late Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate
Individual lithologies:marl
limestone (bituminous)
Host rock stratigraphy:Kupferschiefer Beds, Zechstein 1 and 2 Sequences
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in marl; copper marl worked until 1945
References:
Walther, H. W., 1986
Federal Republic of Germany
in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 3: Central Europe, Edited by Dunning, F. W.; Evans, A. M., Central Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 3, 355 p, p. 175 - 301

Production data: Report period: from 1840 until 1945; 3,230,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.55 percent
Reference: Walther, H. W., 1986: Federal Republic of Germany; in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 3: Central Europe, Edited by Dunning, F. W.; Evans, A. M., Central Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 3, 355 p, p. 175 - 301
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Estimate date: 1945; 1,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.3 percent
Reference: Walther, H. W., 1986: Federal Republic of Germany; in Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 3: Central Europe, Edited by Dunning, F. W.; Evans, A. M., Central Europe, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Mineralogical Society, V 3, 355 p, p. 175 - 301
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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