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Vilifau Alp, Rells valley, Vandans, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria

(Vilifaualpe (Alpe Vilifau), Rellstal, Vandans, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Österreich)

Old, hard to find mine in the upper Rellstal.
The remains of the mining activity consist of a short adit and some dumps further below.

The major ore mineral is fine-grained Sb-bearing tennantite embedded in Alpine sandstone ('Alpiner Buntsandstein').



References:
- NIEDERMAYR, G. & BRANDSTÄTTER, F. in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2003): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LII. Carinthia II, 193./113., 195-216.
- Gröbner, J. & Kolitsch, U. in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2007): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVI. Carinthia II, 197./117., 149-190.
- Kolitsch, U. & Gröbner, J. in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198./118.: 223-274.





Mineral List:
'Apatite'
Asbolane
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Brochantite
Calcite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Devilline
Erythrite
Gypsum
'K Feldspar'
Magnesite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Posnjakite
Pyrite
Quartz
Richelsdorfite
Siegenite
Strashimirite
Tennantite
Tyrolite


24 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.

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