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Sattlerkogel Mt., Veitsch, Mitterdorf, Styria, Austria

(Sattlerkogel, Veitsch, Mitterdorf, Steiermark, Österreich)

Former magnesite mine, working magnesite lenses of metasomatic origin included in carboniferous dolomites. Magnesite und dolomite are crossscut by quartz veins carrying copper sulfides.
Located near Veitsch in the Veitsch valley, a NNW branch of the upper Mürz valley.
Magnesite mining ceased in 1968. Today (2008), the Fe-rich magnesite is quarried for road gravel, landscaping boulders etc.

Refs.:
- Briegleb, D. (1971): Geologie der Magnesitlagerstätte am Sattlerkogel in der Veitsch (Steiermark). Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, 116, 358-375.
- Der Aufschluss, special ed., 48-50 (1972)
- Taucher, J. (1992): 882: Antlerit, Brochantit und Hemimorphit aus einem vererzten Quarzgang vom Tagbau der Magnesitlagerstätte Veitsch, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1992): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XIL. Carinthia II, 182/102, 141-142.
- Kucha, H., Prochaska, W. & Stumpfl, E.F. (1995): Deposition and transport of gold by thiosulphates, Veitsch, Austria. Mineralogical Magazine, 59, 253-258.
- Blass, G. & Graf, H.-W. (2001): 1276: Cyanotrichit vom Magnesit-Abbau bei Veitsch, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2001): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich L. Carinthia II, 191/111, 174-175.
- Postl, W. & Bojar, H.-P. (2003): 1338: Adamin-Olivenit und Stibiconit vom ehemaligen Magnesittagebau am Sattlerkogel, Veitsch. In: Niedermayr, G., et al. (2003): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LII. Carinthia II, 193/113, 207-208.
- Postl, W. & Bojar, H.-P. (2004): 1384: Blaugrün gefärbter Aragonitsinter vom ehemaligen Magnesitbergbau Veitsch, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et a. (2004): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIII. Carinthia II, 194/114, 247-248.





Map Reference: 47°35'10"N , 15°28'48"E

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Mineral List:
  • Adamite
  • Ankerite
  • Antlerite
  • Aragonite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Azurite
  • Brochantite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Clinochlore
    var: Leuchtenbergite
  • Copper
  • Covellite
  • Cuprite
  • Cyanotrichite
  • Dolomite
  • Epsomite
  • Gold
  • Hemimorphite
  • Limonite
  • Magnesite
  • Malachite
  • Palygorskite
  • Partzite
  • 'Pinolite'
  • Protopartzite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Quartz
       var: Rock Crystal
  • Stibiconite
  • Sulphur
  • Talc
  • Tennantite
  • Tenorite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • 'Thrombolite'


    36 entries listed. 30 valid minerals.

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