Bönkhausen

Bönkhausens mining history is extensive and dates back to the year 1450.

Various slag piles and tailings piles around the site were picked over by mineral collectors in Germany, although some are now designated nature reserves.

Mineralienatlas has various photographs of the site as it was on the surface in 2010, as well as photographs of various minerals found on the site.

Mindat lists 48 mineral species found around the area, including baryte, cerussite, chenite, elyite, galena, goethite, malachite, quartz, sphalerite and wulfenite.

Further reading

• German language Wikipedia article.
• Wikipedia article – English translation.
• Mineralienatlas (German language)
• Mineralienatlas (English translation via Google translate)
• https://www.mindat.org/loc-279411.html

If you are interested in other classic German locales we may have stock from the following locales.

German locales

• Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Dämmelwald clay pit, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Gründenwald, St Ulrich, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Silberbrünnle Mine, Gengenbach, Gengenbach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany
• Leonie I Mine, Schleichershof, Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Amberg-Sulzbach District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
• Solnhofen Limestone Quarries, Solnhofen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen District, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

• Herbstein basalt quarry, Herbstein, Vogelsbergkreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
• Mark Mine, Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

• Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Friedrichssegen Mine, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

• Bönkhausen, Sundern, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Calcite quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Caspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Castor Mine, Loope, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Clemensberg Quarry, Hildfeld, Winterberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Dörnberg Mine, Olsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Juno Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Heimberg Quarry, Wolfshagen, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany
• Zinnwald, Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

For the rest of our German stock, see below.

Germany