DEPOSITS OF NICKEL ORE AND TALCUM NEAR KUHSCHNAPPEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014900290005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 13, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany
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DATE DISTR. 13 February 1953
SUBJECT Deposits of Nickel are and. Talcum near Nuhschnappel NO. OF PAGES 1
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1. A sample of nickel ore was obtained from a prQopecting mine near.hlahschnappel
(N 51/K 45), Kreis Glauchau (N 51/K 35). The mining district's subdivided
into five sections., i.e. Kuhschnappel-East, K;uhschnappel-West, Gallenberg
(N '51 45) in the area of Nohenstein-Er'nstthal (N 51/K 55), N.iefernberg, and
Limbach (N 51/K 56).
2. According to a report of Jube1t (fiu), geologist-in-charge, the district has
the following geological structure: Prom 0 t 0.5 meters,-humus; from 0.5 to
3.5 meters - loamy out-lace layer; from 3.5 to 7 meters - lateritic layers,
sial - as red rock rich in Fe20 and rich in loose soil; from 7 to 12 meters -
sili.ciophi,le, partly rocky, ,par ly decomposed as sandy slack there are silicio-
phite layers up to 0.5 meters thick; from 12 to 20 meters -'nickel chlorite.
According to belt, the deposits are rich in nickel ore. Mining operations have
already started in some regions and the deposits will allegedly fill the nickel
requirements of East Germany for decades. The mining of talc and talc ochre
(Telkocker) reserves, which are est ated at 290,000 tons and 1,500,000 tons
respectively, started in the same dfstrict from December 1951 to March 1952.
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