Sedimentary exhalative deposits are zinc-lead deposits originally interpreted to have been formed by discharge of metal-bearing basinal fluids onto the seafloor resulting in the precipitation of mainl
Banded massive sulfide (silver-lead-zinc ore) from the SEDEX Sullivan deposit in British Columbia, Canada (Mesoproterozoic, 1470 Ma) showing apparent soft-sediment deformation (field of view: about 3.9 cm across)
Banded ore with chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite from the SEDEX Rammelsberg deposit, Germany
Banded massive sulfide (silver-lead-zinc ore) from the Sullivan Mine, British Columbia, showing apparent soft-sediment deformation. Sullivan mineralization is interpreted to be related to exhalative seafloor deposition.
Rammelsberg
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The Rammelsberg is a mountain, 635 metres high, on the northern edge of the Harz range, south of the historic town of Goslar in the North German state of Lower Saxony. The mountain is the location of
Mining museum on the slopes of Rammelsberg
Copper ore from the sedimentary exhalative deposit at Rammelsberg
Imperial City of Goslar and Rammelsberg, 1574 depiction
Water wheel in the mining museum