Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria

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Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Region Friesach - Hüttenberg, Kärnten, Österreich

Ancient iron and manganese mining area ('Erzberg' = ore mountain). Located south to east of Hüttenberg and west to north of Lölling.

Synsedimentary siderite ores and Alpidic hydrothermal veins with sulfidic ore mineralisations.

Mining stopped in 1978.
Now a tourist mine.

References

- Münichsdorfer, F. & Seeland, E. (1855): Mineralvorkommen am Hüttenberger Erzberge. Reprint, xx, 38 pp.
- V. v. Zepharovich: Mineralogisches Lexicon für das Kaiserthum Österreich, Vol. 1, W. Braumüller (Vienna), 1859
- V. v. Zepharovich: Verh. d. Russ.-Kaiserl. Min. Ges. zu St. Petersburg 2:1-24 (1867)
- V. v. Zepharovich: Mineralogisches Lexicon für das Kaiserthum Österreich, Vol. 2, W. Braumüller (Vienna), 1873
- A. Brunlechner: Die Minerale des Herzogtums Kärnten, F. v. Kleinmayr (Klagenfurt), 1884
- A. Brunlechner: Jahrbuch des naturhistorischen Landesmuseums für Kärnten 17:229-231 (1885)
- V. v. Zepharovich, F. Becke: Mineralogisches Lexicon für das Kaiserthum Österreich, Vol. 3, Kais. Akad. Wiss. (Vienna), 1893
- A. Brunlechner: Carinthia II 84:152-153 (1894)
- H. Haberfellner, K. A. Redlich, F. Sellner: Berg- und Hüttenmänn. Jb. 76:87-126 (1928)
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- H. Meixner: Carinthia II 158./78.:96-101 (1968)
- H. Meixner: Mitt. Öster. Miner. Ges. 121:346-348 (1968)
- H. Meixner: Carinthia II 166./86.:16 (1976)
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- H. Meixner: Carinthia II 169./89.:82 (1978)
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- H. Meixner: Carinthia II 171./91.:36-37 (1981)
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- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens (1995)
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- F. Brandstätter, G. Niedermayr: Carinthia II 188./108.:230 (1998)
- Pohl, W., and Belocky, R. (1999): Metamorphism and metallogeny in the Eastern Alps. Mineralium Deposita 34, 614-629.
- J. Mörtl: Carinthia II 191./111.:287 (2001)
- Lapis 26(7/8), 9 (2001)

- www.huettenberg.at

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Albite var: Andesine var: Oligoclase Allanite-(Ce) 'Allemontite' Almandine 'Amphibole Group' Anatase Andradite Anglesite Ankerite Annabergite Anorthite var: Bytownite var: Labradorite Anthophyllite Antigorite Antimony Aragonite var: Flos Ferri Argentopyrite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Augite Azurite Baryte Beyerite Biotite Bismite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Bornite Boulangerite Bournonite Brannerite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Caledonite Celestine Cerussite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chloritoid

Chromite Chrysocolla Clinochlore var: Leuchtenbergite var: Pennine Clinozoisite Cobaltite Coffinite Copiapite Corundum Covellite Cryptomelane Delafossite Digenite Diopside Dolomite Dravite Enstatite Epidote Epsomite Erythrite Famatinite 'Feldspar Group' Ferrierite-Mg Ferrisymplesite Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite Galena 'Garnet' Goethite Gold Graphite Grossular var: Hessonite Gypsum Hematite Hollandite 'Hydromuscovite' Illite Ilmenite Jamesonite Jarosite Kahlerite (TL) Kermesite Kutnohorite Kyanite Lepidocrocite Limonite Linarite Linnaeite

Löllingite (TL) Mackinawite ? Magnesite Magnetite Malachite Manganite Manganogrunerite ? Marcasite Margarite Melanterite Metakahlerite Microcline Molybdenite Muscovite var: Fuchsite var: Sericite Nickeline Nickelskutterudite 'Olivine' Omphacite Opal Oxyplumboroméite Palygorskite Paragonite Pararammelsbergite Parasymplesite Pargasite var: Carinthine Pentlandite Pharmacosiderite Phlogopite Pitticite Polybasite 'Prochlorite' Proustite 'Psilomelane' Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Bravoite Pyrolusite Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Amethyst var: Chalcedony var: Rock Crystal var: Smoky Quartz Rammelsbergite Ranciéite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite

Rutile Safflorite Saléeite 'Scapolite' Schorl Scorodite Sepiolite Siderite var: Sideroplesite Sillimanite Silver Skutterudite Spessartine Sphalerite Spodumene ? Stannite Staurolite Stephanite Stibarsen Stibnite Strontianite Sulphur Symplesite Talc Tennantite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' Tetrahedrite Titanite Todorokite 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Tridymite ? Ullmannite Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Uranopilite Uvite Valentinite Valleriite Vermiculite Vesuvianite 'Wad' Wollastonite ? Zippeite Zircon Zoisite

205 entries listed. 163 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Austria Carinthia Friesach - Hüttenberg area Hüttenberg Hüttenberger Erzberg Ackerbau section Albert adit East section Erbstollen adit Fleischer adit Friedensbau Mine Fuchsbau Gossen section Hefter Graben Heinrich section

Austria Carinthia Friesach - Hüttenberg area Hüttenberg Hüttenberger Erzberg Josef section Knappenberg Knappenberg forge Plankogel Mt. Rudolfshöhe Mt. Andreaskreuz District Lölling District Knichte section Seeland adit Wolfbau Mine Main section Railway station dump