TremoliteGraphite quarry, Amstall, Mühldorf, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria
Photo: mslama Graphitbruch (inkl. Weinberg), Amstall, Mühldorf, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich, Österreich
Abandoned graphite quarry with pegmatite outcrops.
Several workings extend from the quarry along the ridge towards the SE (i.e., towards Trandorf). Some of them have individual names, e.g., Weinberg (workings on Weinberg Mt, 741 m asl).
Located west of Mühldorf.
See also the localities Trandorf and Wegscheid which belong to the same graphite mining district.
References
- Huber, S. & Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs
- Kolitsch, U. (2008): 1548: Metavoltin und Szmolnokit vom ehemaligen Graphitbergbau Amstall, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198/118, 258.
- Pristacz, H., Kolitsch, U. & Löffler, E. (2009): 1596) Felsöbányait vom ehemaligen Graphitbergbau Amstall, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 215-216 in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVIII. Carinthia II, 199/119, 189-236.
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