Lohning quarry (Lohninger quarry), Hüttwinkl valley, Rauris valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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Lohningbruch (Lohninger Bruch), Hüttwinkltal, Rauriser Tal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich

The bottom of the Hüttwinkl valley is filled with rocksled material, originating from different places in the Krumlbach and upper Hüttwinkl valleys. These boulders are worked in the Kaiserer and Lohning quarries. The minerals therefore, originate from a large variety of different parageneses.

Presently (2005), the Lohning quarry is not strictly active - the owner excavates marble from an upper quarry and cuts marble plates etc. for subsequent sale.

NOTE: some (or all?) of the "davidite" and "loveringite" reported from here appears to be cleusonite (see also Kaiserer quarry).

References

- Fischer, T. (1977): Lohningbruch, Rauris. Die Mineralien der Rauriser Plattenbrüche. Lapis 2 (7), 19-23.
- Schebesta, K. (1984): Neufunde aus den Rauriser Plattenbrüchen. Lapis 9 (10), 34-39.
- Taschner, F. (1985): Die Mineralien der Plattengneisbrüche der Rauris im Pinzgau/Österreich. Der Aufschluss 36
- Broschek, H. (2009): Die Mineralien der Plattenbrüche Lohning und Kaiserer im Rauriser Tal, Salzburg, Österreich. – Mineralien-Welt 20 (6): 34-55. [Erratum in Mineralien-Welt 21 (2), p. 65]
- PUTZ, H. (2010): Chernovit-(Y) aus den Plattenbrüchen im Rauriser Tal – ein Erstfund für das Bundesland Salzburg. Mineralogisches Archiv Salzburg, 13, 274.

Mineral List

Aeschynite-(Ce) Aeschynite-(Y) Albite 'Allanite' Anatase Ankerite 'Apatite' Aragonite Arsenopyrite Aurichalcite Autunite Azurite Baryte 'Bastnäsite' Bavenite Bertrandite Beryl var: Aquamarine Biotite Bornite Brannerite Brookite Calcite var: Lublinite Cerussite

Chalcopyrite Chernovite-(Y) 'Chlorite Group' Cleusonite Clinochlore var: Pennine var: Ripidolite Clinozoisite Copiapite 'Davidite' ? Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Euxenite-(Y) 'Feldspar Group' Fluorite 'Gadolinite' Gahnite Galena var: Argentiferous Galena Goethite Gold Graphite Gypsum Hematite var: Specularite

Hemimorphite Hydrozincite Ilmenite Jarosite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Limonite Loveringite ? Magnetite Malachite Milarite ? Molybdenite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Muscovite var: Sericite Nováčekite-I Phenakite Phengite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Rock Crystal var: Smoky Quartz Rutile

Scheelite Schorl Siderite Smithsonite Sphalerite Strontianite Sulphur Synchysite-(Ce) Synchysite-(Y) ? Tetradymite Thorite var: Uranothorite Titanite Todorokite Torbernite 'Tourmaline' Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranophane Wulfenite Xenotime-(Y) Zircon

93 entries listed. 68 valid minerals.