Kieslagerstätte, Bernstein, Oberwart, Burgenland, Österreich
Synsedimentary, lens-shaped iron sulphide (pyrite) deposit with low (0.6%) Cu contents. Hosted by greenschists.
Known since medieval times, last (and unsuccessfully) active around 1921. Several adits ('Puhr-Stollen', 'Mittelalter-Stollen', 'Stollen des untersten Niveaus') SW of Bernstein.
Compare the genetically similar, nearby Redlschlag deposit.
References
- Holzer, H. (1960): Die Vorkommen von Erzen, Steinen und Erden im Burgenland. Burgenländische Heimatblätter 22, No. 4, 161-166.
- Feuerbach, M. & H. J. Unger (1969): Die Schwefelkieslagerstätte Bernstein (Burgenland, Österreich). Arch. f. Lagerst.forsch. Ostalpen, 9, 3-33.
- Huber, S. & Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp.
- Kolitsch, U. & Brandstätter, F. (2010): 1662) Rasterelektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen zur Mineralogie der Kiesvererzung von Bernstein. Pp. 247 in Niedermayr et al. (2010): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIX. Carinthia II, 200./120., 199-260.
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