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Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria

Hüttenberg, Region Friesach - Hüttenberg, Kärnten, Österreich

Large old mining district (mainly Fe from siderite and limonite, in Medieval and Roman times also Pb-Ag-Cu), the centre and source of the richest ore is Hüttenberg. More than 150 adits are known.
The last mining activity (on Fe) stopped in 1978.

A mining museum and a mining trail can be visited.

For literature see mainly Hüttenberger Erzberg locality.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Allemontite'
Allophane
Almandine
Amphibole Supergroup
Anatase
Andradite
Andrémeyerite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Argentopyrite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Beyerite
'Biotite'
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brannerite
Brochantite
Brookite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Celestine
Celsian
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chenite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chukhrovite-(Ca)
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite
var: Pennine
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Corkite
Corundum
Cotunnite
Covellite
Crandallite
var: Strontian Crandallite

Cryptomelane
Cumengeite
Cuprite
Delafossite
Devilline
Diaboleite
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Dundasite
Elyite
Enstatite
Epidote
Epsomite
Erythrite
Famatinite
Fassinaite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrierite-Mg
Ferrisymplesite
Fiedlerite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gearksutite
Gersdorffite
var: Antimonian Gersdorffite

'Glaskopf'
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
var: Hessonite

Gypsum
Hannebachite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hydromagnesite
'Hydromuscovite'
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Kahlerite (TL)
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kirschsteinite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Lanarkite
Langite
Laurionite
Lead
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Linnaeite
Litharge
Löllingite (TL)
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Margarite
Matlockite
Melanterite
Metakahlerite
Metastibnite
Microcline
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Monohydrocalcite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nadorite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Nitrobarite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
Orpiment
Oxyplumboroméite
Palygorskite
Paragonite
Paralaurionite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Pargasite
var: Carinthine

Penfieldite
Pentlandite
Pharmacosiderite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Picropharmacolite
'Pitticite'
Plumbojarosite
Plumbonacrite
Polybasite
Prehnite
'Prochlorite'
Proustite
Pseudoboleite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Ranciéite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Romanèchite
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'

Rosasite
Rösslerite
Rutile
Safflorite
Saléeite
'Scapolite'
Schorl
'Schwarzer Glaskopf'
Scorodite
Sepiolite
Serpierite
Siderite
var: Sideroplesite
Sidpietersite
Sillimanite
Silver
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Spangolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stannite
Staurolite
Stephanite
Stibarsen
Stibioclaudetite
Stibnite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Susannite
Symplesite
Talc
Talmessite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tephroite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Todorokite
Tooeleite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Ullmannite
'Unnamed (Ba-Ca Carbonate)'
'Unnamed (Ba-K-Fe Sulphide)'
'Unnamed (Ba-Sb Silicate-Sulphate-Hydroxide-Hydrate)'
'Unnamed (Ba Thiosulphate Monohydrate)'
'Unnamed (Dimorph of Devilline)'
'Unnamed (Orthorhombic dimorph of Barstowite)'
'Unnamed (Pb-Al Hydroxide-Chloride)'
'Unnamed (Pb-Fe Chloride Hydroxide Hydrate)'
'Unnamed (Pb-Fe-Cl-S(?)-O-H Phase)'
'Unnamed (Pb Hydroxide Nitrate Chloride)'
'Unnamed (Tetragonal Dimorph of Nadorite)'
'Unnamed (Tetragonal Pb Oxide Hydrate)'
'Unnamed (Zn-analogue of Humboldtine)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranopilite
'Uvite'
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Witherite
Wollastonite
Wroewolfeite
Wüstite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zoisite
var: Pseudozoisite


290 entries listed. 229 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Münichsdorfer, F. (1859): Mineral-Vorkommen am Hüttenberger Erzberge. Jahrbuch des Naturhistorischen Landesmuseum von Kärnten, 4, 115-126.
- Seeland, F. (1876): Der Hüttenberger Erzberg und seine nächste Umgebung. Jb. k. k. Geol. R.-A., 26, 49-112. [http://www.geologie.ac.at/filestore/download/JB0261_049_A.pdf]

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