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Holzweg, Kohlberg, Pottschach, Ternitz, Industrieviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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Holzweg, Kohlberg, Pottschach, Ternitz, Industrieviertel, Niederösterreich, Österreich

A small vein with arsenopyrite that crops out on the east slope of the Kohlberg was prospected during the second world war. Today, the locality is heavily overgrown.
In allusion to its geology, the vein has been described as the easternmost Tauern gold vein of the Eastern Alps (Friedrich, 1968).

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Arsenopyrite


1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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References

- Friedrich, O.M. (1968): Die Vererzung der Ostalpen, gesehen als Glied des Gebirgsbaus - Arch.f.Lagerst.forsch. in den Ostalpen, 136, Leoben.
- Hackenberg, M. (2003): Bergbau im Semmeringgebiet - Arch.f.Lagerst.forsch. Geol. B.-A., vol.24, p.5-97.

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