SECTION III. THE ORE REGION OF THE HARZ MOUNTAINS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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t gCSZOI III. ?!D OIt p0101 Of '1'I1 IA~L N0-1JII'MIIU
AND T~ rt~tMmDINO AIiA
Introduotioo
?s aticn deals with the Bsrs Noontsins end their sureouudiag
sres, vithin s seotoz enelosed by the cities of Sa11e, I~gdeborg, kit-
.M Ouettingsf, and also isoludiag the oappez-beeriog shale
rsgiaas of N~nsfe1d and Isngsrhausen.
The text is sibdivided as follows
I. Ore deposits of the Upper, Central and loathes Smrs Nountsiu
II. Ore deposits of the Lager Bars Nosintsins
III. Copp.rbesriag shale of ths xestern sad southern foothills
of the Bars Noodtsins
Iv. 8edi~ents27 iron ore deposits in the noeth.rn Ban No~uactsins
foothills (suplea.at)
Th. p*ersl regularities in the distribatic4 oI the are drposito
ere discussed foe each of these cbspt.rs. ~e4r are psrticularlr ia-
structive in the following areas. In the Upper, Centrrl end ionth.rn Bars Nogntsins, aroaM the
Drocken a .sif, horisaotsl end vertical astslloge~netic sages can bs
recoWiiued. Bowevesr, their are not inclosed b) the Drooken granite in
the foea of sussotes, bat rather sa diffsre?t successive streets,
r*yrthaioollr repeated aroma s.veral seaters (Claoasthal, St. Andreuberg,
L *t42'b.rg?IUHVo6e?Bohne). The araeaopyrit. deposits (Buserode?Hobn.,
It. ?ndreasberg) srst be oansid.rsd as near the maps and with a high
thermal vain.; thus, their priasq nristians in dapth increase with tis
depth. In tae areas of Clai sthal, It. dndreasberg, sad Lwtersbezg,
the Yertioal saving shOMS a pitch toward the so it vsst, anpr from tho
Brook.? aoantain. ~. srrfsoe oataro pings of the vein formatio~u
oorrespaiad to this feature. In oases of co~lete dausiopaent, e.g.,
there follow, starting from the bottom, on tpp of one another, lsyrers
with prsdominsntly oaxb-aoa-tio veins, 4asrts or quarts?snd?pyrit., zinc
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bls do, .1&, cad barite. Ecv , the pri q riatlors is dsptb
as'e probably oW.od aot a17 by th. distaooo fra ors-glfie j Npr,
but also by diftrrenoes is the so]ubill$y of th. Ntals ad by the
t.mporst ootncidsooo of the fovaatico of fissures and tes~paratarer
oneditiona fvorabl. to preoipitstioo. She veins vlare orsstod as dts-
teasion dtetizxbanoss siaaaitan.oast vith the Upper Qaflaao.ou. tsldind
of the Paleosoio. The praaite of the Brooks proboblar contuses wader-
pround to the vest and south. It certainly has its roots of apstolog
in the east, where the higb?thermal deposits of aussrod. ar. looot.d,
and tram there vidans out to the granite of t . I1uaat.in in the
narthweit.end the regular pcsnular Brooko~a p'sait. in the soothvrst.
This shows some wr7 tter.stiag snalogio. to the situatiooa prsv.iling
in the Pi.se gebtrge of the Sudeten rannp. In the area of 6t. Andreas-
berg, the hirer deposits sre px obsbly at the t pp of the hidden granite
toogu., parttovlarlr odo.. to the aapra. bus, the relationships
betweoa the deposits snd the Pater] struoture of tb~ plutonic rook of
the Broaken see is of a o=tt.rion for the distribution than theta
distance from the origin of the mare by its.]!.
b. The soN 1 srrsngemeat is even aor+e aarkad in the Lowes len
Nowatsins. Tyr. Rs u g granite shows decidedly acid differentiation
prodwots, also to pneamato1rtioa3 phase, and extends fbrther to the
south underneath a wide alsreole. Prom the center to the p.riphorr,
there follow in succession a oopper?ars~onio?p~rrit.. vo1fradto acne,
a playa.*IN blend. lone, a siderite sane, sn antiao~ i ace, and a
recent riaoorite-bSrtte sane. Th. 1om Boad~orf.ltr uberg win penatrettes
the first three of the above aureose?liko sons sad thus is part of
rnriau saes In its different s~eotious. Ta=thoavroro, the Tariettan
teatanto structures have deteraiaed the path of the aiuraliurs to a
large .:tent. The diIPlae.Nnt of the osnter of the or.?giviing aap~a
sad telescoping and rs3 wsaetion processes aye also be the cause of the
D7 CZ p3 ic$tious in the vertiosl telescoping and the lateral oheagse
in the ruling of the vein seotioas.
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Th. rsplaritiss Mbiob oan bs rsoogpLNd io the ors-fitior
d tbs ceps r slits basins are alto stbsr diftsrsnt. Ben, paloopspkio
aooditia s p,sdandits, vii. o3iiustolo4cal aaad oro'spLc SOAdLtians
at tbo tiro of tb. srosioo at priairy ooro deposits on the sd,&osat
oont1MDt, fours and depth oondlttons, watsr tsrpearaturo, salt sootent,
C!;, pressv rs, living conditions of the Miarooo~ ALw ospable of pro.
eipitating ^stsl, its, in tbo sedias t~-tion basins. Tke min soppsr
deposits of the Zeohstda ssa are olosrly Baited to tbo deep abonsls
and to tbo doepear ports of sscae~dar' byre, while the aballowsr rsgioe s
are covered by a sins and /sad sons. This aontg also sziats in a
vortical dirrotion. With chax* s in tidies, tb ss soaes were displaosd
depending oo the drptb conditions. The so-called cobalt ridgss probably
Mere subJiot to ors precipitations by Mater circulating within tbs
Persian U~ostone, which s& havr boon boated a4LitiorRI13ar by a nagoatic
ride rinsing at greats, drptb.
Tbo ssdissatary iron ore deposits is the Barhsrn Xsrs foot.
hills do not shop soy relation to the doposita of nonforronr astals.
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1bJe of C
(bos.i m. ysp rtrree?s m r.6. taali of emwnt. at th.
o11tnft1 are 3tleot'2'lo01)
Deltait$tion of tb* region
O?o10gi. i S ry
I. Orr dsposlt. of th. Jpp.z, C?ntrai, end
/tbern an atsgn
A. Pre-C$*bpwc.oIIl dsporit.
1. 1odiaentar7 deposits in th. Dsv Lsn PS1LOdJ
2. ft. Aa~elab.rg ors deposits
B. Deposits of the C?ous to Permian Pert
aids
1. Th. deposits
a, Th? Clwst st rrgiga
b+ Tb.'g regiat
a~ Th. Lwtosberg rigian
d, The Buserod..8o1. region
?) P7rite deposits of the aiae "Drei ? ronen
and asst"
Heir aibiyerode
D. Oeneral i'?dularities in the Upp?r, C.ntz' t*d
1catb.r !*rs Maintains
?) Loner aa'2'It
b) The ratio b?tvi.n 1,sa4 ark sins
o) she silnr content
d) Thee aee2anisa of aotion of the Upper Birs rMias
? $SSo! the rsios
!~ Ihape and extent of th? say.
gi,-ing bony os -?
II. Ors deposits oR the Lover gars (is,
Ran) Nouatr-!as
1. The deposits
2. Oet, mu1,sritses is the Lower Rays
a) The g
b~ coral oiigin
L1.L'L:i
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01 1*. posit Lao of tba mar La rslat
fora to ts soao
and dietribnttoo of the lode o~r.r
d 4a.rtion of .,o.i depth
I! I . The ooypr date of ~ hrt~ gad
Ioaths~ ~ iar
1. Tb. dposit r.ss
2. OIOlogioal saaditsau, dirtribntl
oa o~ astal aad
origin tb. diporitr
1v? 6edia,at$a7 iron olr. d.poritr js thi p?a`tb'rn Barr foothills
Y. 31bliogr4yi
IUwtarr~tlonr
Fig. is The or. regip~ of the gars Mo ii
taior udd tb.ir
2: eohedatio drug of the t.otooic e
leawnts in tD. Uppsr gys
3: a. Broakeu srif arid thi ors
d.posits in Its riainity
let T'b. thins of th! Aaeoberg the p
wrsberg, add
Ss ha deposit sans of tht Lovr Bars
ore rgtaas
6: a) a? depth of th yam,
F.rmiao lirertode in th. vioiost3 oS
the stim Ears Nouataias
b}. Coypu aaatsn of th. totalear id the triaini~i- at t1M
ssrtern !an 1 tams
Tt al Pal.gpsp*io piste. of t4s La+nr
th. Ian and XfTh er Nountsis
b) Cagprr oaot.~at b.tx..a th. Us
~d ~ Mo~tainr
8r .tat ooatat of the copper slat,
+m lacier
9: Dirplaoe..nt of the l*oier dike to
1 tiatteAing of tba band
(rt air ilartratiad is aier
lo: The SUbtIrrsn.w oZ7stat min
(Lalagsng.J) ? a
wettin ? (Drrrau) oc ti. basis of do
anow~lielr
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