Brilon Reef Complex SEDEX-Mississippi-Valley Type Project

The Brilon Calamine district is situated approximately 50 km west of Kassel, central Germany.

Brilon Minerals GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Scandinavian Highlands Holding A/S, holds a 150.0 km² big exploration licence area. The target is large-scale SEDEX deposits hosted in a c. 400 Ma old sedimentary reef (Brilon Reef). Zinc is the primary commodity, but lead, silver and copper is frequently associated with the main Zinc mineralisation. Calamine is the common name for zinc-ore of carbonate (e.g. smithsonite) and hydrous silicate (e.g. hemimorphite). Historically, a number of mines have operated in the area, and they are included in our work.

Our exploration licence covers the majority of the Devonian carbonate reef, with SEDEX type mineralisations. The geological setting of the reef is very similar to the setting of the world class SEDEX Rammelsberg deposit in Harz, Germany. The western zone of the area with the Altebürg lineament has in particular been the object of earlier mineral explorations activities.

The critical transition between the Devonian shelf and basin environment is presumed to lie within the licence area. This is significant, because it can be linked to the same metal-rich geological regime as the rich polymetallic mineralisations at Rammelsberg and Meggen. The Brilon reef is cut by several dominant NNW−SSE structures which emphasizes the potential of the area.