Castor Mine
Loope, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Castor Mine is a former lead and zinc mine which closed in 1913.
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Mindat lists nearly seventy minerals from the site, although some are dubious identifications apparently.
The area is a conservation site so it is possible it is no longer accessible or the dumps have been removed.
Further reading
If you are interested in other classic German locales we may have stock from the following locales.
German locales
Baden-Württemberg
- 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
- Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 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
- Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Friedrichssegen Mine, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Schöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Wirges, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 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.