Matthias Reinhardt MINERAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Prince Friedrich mine, Obersdorf
The deep tunnel of the Prince Friedrich mine.
The Prince Friedrich mine was located in the Obersdorf district of Wilnsdorf in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district.
The passage means of the pit were:
Prince Friedrich: The corridor was 425 m long and up to 1 m thick, but largely undeveloped.
Pickhardt Gang: The corridor of the consolidated Pickhardt mine was 330 m long and 1.3 m thick.
Blauer Hessel: The corridor was 178 m long and only partially worth building. The deep Pickhardt gallery in the Leimbachtal and a wing location in the Tiefen Silberqueller Erbstollen in the Obersdorftal served as tunnels. In 1848 the mine consolidated with hand ax and first luck, in 1878 the consolidation with Pickhardt followed. The company was later bought up by the nearby Ant mine. Civil engineering was carried out in the 88 m deep Blaue Hessel shaft. In 1872 the largest production was achieved with 3,145 t of iron stone. In 1903 the company was stopped.
Adam, Obersdorf
Adolf, Obersdorf
Aurora, Obersdorf
First luck, Obersdorf; awarded in 1847, since 1848 to Prince Friedrich.
Rooster shouting, Obersdorf
Hand ax, Obersdorf / Eisern; awarded before 1812 under the name "Handbeil und Pickhardt". Newly awarded in 1838, there was an upper and a deep tunnel, also since 1848 to Prince Friedrich. Spateisenstein was mined.
Hossiana, Obersdorf
Pickhardt, Obersdorf; awarded before 1812 under the name Handbeil and Pickhardt. Belonging to Prince Friedrich since 1878, in 1870 the largest production was achieved with 1,861 t Eisenstein. In the Leimbachtal the deep tunnel of the pit was set.
Search for minerals on the upper dump of the Prince Friedrich mine. Here, mainly ore minerals such as galena, tetrahedrite, alloklas and, more rarely, whiff cornite were found in the siderite and quartz glands.
Prospecting work in the pings of the Prinz Friedrich mine in the area of the pit field Hahnengeschrei.
A cross-section of the Pingen heap. You can see the quartz brown iron stone very nicely, which is embedded in a layer approx. 40 cm deep under the sward.
Detail of the mineral-bearing layer. Here Coronadit and Oxyplumboroméit could be excellent
Quality can be found!
Oxyplumboroméite in brown iron stone. Image width: 27 mm. Collection: Matthias Reinhardt.
Coronadite on Limonite. Image width: 13 mm. Collection: Matthias Reinhardt.
Coronadite in fine tufts of needles. Image width: 12 mm. Collection: Matthias Reinhardt.
These red carminite crystals are a great rarity! Companions are Mimetesit and Segnitit. Carminite has only been found in a few specimens. Image width: 1.5 mm. Collection: Sigismund Hupfer.
Galena on siderite. Image width: 2.7 mm. Collection: Matthias Reinhardt.
Copper with a thin partina of malachite. Image width: 1.5 mm. Collection: Matthias Reinhardt
Erythrin on a glass bowl. Image width: 1 mm. Collection: Sigismund Hupfer.
Puff cornite as a great rarity in a quartz gland. Image width: 1.5 mm. Collection: Markus Henrich.
Oxyplumboroméite as a conversion product of antimonite. Image width: 1 mm. Collection: Matthias Reinhardt.
Tetrahedrite in siderite druse. Image width: 2 mm. Collection: Matthias Reinhardt
Mimetesite sheaf on limonite. Image width: 4.5 mm. Collection: Sigismund Hupfer.
Alloklas grown in quartz. Image width: 1 mm. Collection: Sigismund Hupfer.
Green pyromorphite. Image width: 1.7 mm. Collection: Sigismund Hupfer.
