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Wurten tunnel, Wurten, Innerfragant, Goldberg group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

Latitude: 46°58'49"N
Longitude: 13°3'5"E
Wurtenstollen, Wurten, Innerfragant, Goldberggruppe, Hohe Tauern, Kärnten, Österreich

A tunnel constructed in 1995/1996 to house a tourist railway, linking the Innerfragant valley with the upper Wurten valley. The coordinates mark the southern portal of the tunnel, where the excavated material was dumped during the construction works.

Mineral List

Aikinite
Albite
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Beryl
var: Aquamarine

'Biotite'
Bismuthinite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cosalite
Dolomite
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Gold
Gustavite
Hematite
Ilmenite
Junoite ?
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Laumontite
Lillianite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Matildite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Rutile
Scheelite
Scolecite ?
Siderite
Sphalerite
Tetradymite
Titanite
Uraninite


44 entries listed. 37 valid minerals.

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References

- Paar, W.H., and Niedermayr, G. (1998): Das Wurtental - Kluftmineralisationen und Edelmetallvererzungen. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 143, 425-435.

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