Power station, Sportgastein, Naßfeld valley, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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Kraftwerksbau, Sportgastein, Naßfelder Tal, Gasteiner Tal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich

Minerals (mostly in micromount format) found on temporary dumps deposited during construction of a new power station (underground storage vessel and water tunnels) in 2006-2007 near Sportgastein.
The dumps were located in several different spots along the toll road and in the vicinity of the 'Valeriehaus', and some were soon removed or covered by earth.
The mineralisation is similar to that of the locality 'Bärenfall dam.'

Notes on the mineral list:
- The aragonite listed in Habel & Habel (2007) with a question mark, and in Schebesta (2007) without a question mark, later turned out to be strontianite (Kolitsch et al., 2008). All other aragonite-like sprays studied so far turned out to be strontianite.
- The friedrichite listed in Habel & Habel (2007) with a question mark later turned out to be krupkaite (Kolitsch et al., 2008).

References

- HABEL, A. & HABEL, M. (2007): Kraftwerksneubau im Gasteinertal - Sportgastein - Naßfeld. Mineralien-Welt 18 (3), 10.
- SCHEBESTA, K. (2007): Mineralfunde auf den Deponien des Kraftwerkbaues im hinteren Gasteinertal (Sportgastein). Mineralog. Arch. Salzb. 12: 257-258.
- Kolitsch, U., Brandstätter, F. & Blass, G. (2008), in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198./118., 223-274.
- Kolitsch, U. (2009): 1589) Aikinit, Bavenit, Gips, Granat, ein Mineral der Kaolnitgruppe, Malachit und Molybdänit aus den Deponien des Kraftwerkbaues im hinteren Gasteinertal (Sportgastein), Salzburg. Pp. 211-212 in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVIII. Carinthia II, 199/119, 189-236.
- Kolitsch, U. (2010): 1644) Azurit und Cosalit aus den Deponien des Kraftwerkbaues im hinteren Gasteinertal (Sportgastein), Salzburg. P. 231 in Niedermayr et al. (2010): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIX. Carinthia II, 200./120., 199-260.
- Kolitsch, U. & Raade, G. (2011): Uric acid dihydrate: occurrences in Austria and Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 46: 25-29

Mineral List

Aikinite Albite 'Allanite' 'Amphibole Group' Anatase 'Apatite' Aragonite Arsenopyrite Azurite Baryte Bavenite Bertrandite Beryl Biotite Bismuthinite

Bornite Brannerite Brookite Calcite Celestine Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Clinochlore Cobaltite Cosalite Dolomite Epidote Erythrite ? Fluorapatite Fluorite

Friedrichite 'Gadolinite-Datolite Group' Galena 'Garnet' Gold Gypsum Hematite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Krupkaite Magnetite Malachite 'Manganese Oxides' Molybdenite 'Monazite' Muscovite

Prehnite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Rock Crystal Rutile Scheelite 'Serpentine Group' 'Smectite Group' Stellerite Strontianite Synchysite-(Y) Titanite Unnamed (Uric Acid Dihydrate)

59 entries listed. 43 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.