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Hochfeld Mine, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria

(Bergwerk Hochfeld, Untersulzbachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich)

Ancient mine, including the Hieronymus adit ("Hieronymus Erbstollen") and the "Jakobi-Oberbau" workings.
Metamorphosed stratiform (but remobilised) submarine-exhalative Cu-Fe-sulphide mineralisations with minor Cu, Zn, Pb, Au, Ag.
Now operated as a tourist mine ('Schaubergwerk Hochfeld').

Geologically similar to the Brenntal deposit near Mühlbach im Pinzgau, not far away.

Refs.:
- Lewandowski, K., Lerch, H. & Seemann, R. (2006): Chronik - Schaubergwerk Hochfeld "Bergbau im Untersulzbachtal – Eine fast vergessene Welt" Die 500-jährige Geschichte des Kupferbergbaus am Hochfeld im Untersulzbachtal. Zukunftskollegium Nationalpark Hohe Tauern, Neukirchen a. G., 288 pp.
- http://www.mineraliensammler.com/bildergalerien/fundgebiete/hochfeld/hochfeld.htm
- www.schaubergwerk-hochfeld.at
- www.neukirchen.at





Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Albite
Allophane
Altaite
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Azurite
Bismuth
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copiapite
Copper
Cosalite
Covellite
Cubanite
Cyanotrichite
Fluorite
Galena
Glaucodot
Gold
Gustavite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hessite
Hydrozincite
Ilmenite
Jarosite
Langite
Lillianite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Marcasite
Molybdenite
Posnjakite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
Sampleite
Scheelite
Sphalerite
Stützite
Sulphur
Titanite


51 entries listed. 45 valid minerals.

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