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.
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