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Iron mine, Eibelkogel, Turnau, Aflenz Kurort, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria

Glaskopf
Iron mine, Eibelkogel, Turnau, Aflenz Kurort, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria

Photo: AC
Latitude: 47°35'59"N
Longitude: 15°23'41"E
Eisenmine, Eibelkogel, Turnau, Aflenz Kurort, Bruck an der Mur, Steiermark, Österreich

A former iron mine (brown hematite) on the SW slope of the Eibelkogel.
In this area mining for iron started in the 14th century, but most of it took place in the 19th century. This mine consisted of the Barbara adit and 3 superimposed adits. In 1847 it was owned by Daniel Fischer of Thörl, changed hand several times and was closed around 1880.
Brown and red Glaskopf in a geode was found on the surface and described in 1847.
The ore was processed in 2 blast furnaces in the nearby village of Greith. The production in the best times was about 300 metric tons (5’400 zentner) of pig-iron per year. About 70 workers and miners were employed at that time.

Similar to the locality Teltschengraben, Bad Mitterndorf (http://www.mindat.org/loc-58623.html).

Mineral List

Baryte
Calcite
Cerussite
Galena
'Glaskopf'
Goethite
'Limonite'
'Psilomelane'
Pyrolusite
Siderite


10 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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References

Mitteilungen von Freunden der Naturwissenschaften in Wien, III Band, (1847) p. 494.

Haidinger, W. (1848) Ueber das Vorkommen einer vollstaendigen Geode von Rotheisenstein.

Kopezky, B. (1855) Übersicht der Mineralwässer und einfachen Mineralien Steiermark’s , p.19

Die Eisenindustrie des Herzogthum’s Steiermark (1857)

Miller von Hauenfels, A. (1859) Die steiermärkischen Bergbaue, als Grundlage des provinziellen Wohlstandes, in historischer, technischer und statistischer Beziehung. p.24.

Hlubek, F. X. W. (1860) : Ein treues Bild des Herzogthums Steiermark, §264, p.249.

Karl Ritter von Haue (1863) Die wichtigeren Eisenerz-Vorkommen in der Monarchie, p.21

Stelzner A. W. (1904) Die Erzlagerstätten.

Kossmat, F. Eisenerzlagerstätten der Ostalpen ( 1910).

Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien (1930) Nr 1.

Redlich, Karl, A. (1931): Die Geologie der Innerösterreichischen Eisenerzlagerstätten, Prag.

Cornelius, H. P., Die Geologie des Mürztales (1952).

Hübel, G. & Rauch, G (1986) Naturraumpotentialkarten der Steiermark - Rohstoffsicherungskarte Mürztal.

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