Mining in this area started in 1545 when the tin deposit at Mückenberg hill was discovered.
The Zlatý Kopec skarn deposit is a lens-shaped body in chloritic-sericitic phyllites complex. Ore minerals are cassiterite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and magnetite.
The name Zlatý Kopec means "Gold Hill".
References
- Šrein, V., Hloušek, J.: Ludwigit a hulsit z Krušných hor. Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického odd?lení Národního muzea v Praze, 1998, ro?. 6, s. 243-246.
- Baumann, L., Kuschka, E., and Seifert, T. (2000): Lagerstätten des Erzgebirges. Enke (Stuttgart), pp. 239-247.
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