Western ore field, Scheelite deposit, Felben valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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Westfeld, Scheelitlagerstätte, Felbertal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich

Mined since 1974 (underground workings).

References

- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
- Eur. J. Mineral. 13:961-972
- D. Topa, E. Makovicky, and W.H. Paar (2002): Composition ranges and exsolution pairs for the members of the Bismuthinite-Aikinite series from Felbertal, Salzburg. Can. Mineral. 40, 849-869.
- Can. Mineral. 41:1155-1166 (2003)
- Lapis 29(5):42 (2004)
- Kolitsch, U. (2009): 1585) Gustavit und andere Pb-Bi-Sulfosalze vom Westfeld des Scheelitbergbaues Felbertal, Salzburg. P. 207 in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVIII. Carinthia II, 199/119, 189-236.
- Kolitsch, U. (2010): 1640) Aikinit, Heyrovskýit und Hodrušit vom Westfeld des Scheelitbergbaus Felbertal, Salzburg. Pp. 228 in Niedermayr et al. (2010): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIX. Carinthia II, 200./120., 199-260.

Mineral List

Actinolite Aikinite Albite 'Apatite' Apophyllite-(KF) Arsenopyrite Azurite Baryte Bavenite Bertrandite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Emerald Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bornite Boulangerite Calcite Cannizzarite Cassiterite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chromite Chrysoberyl Clinozoisite

Cobaltite Columbite Cosalite Covellite Cuprobismutite Cupromakopavonite (TL) Cupromakovickyite (TL) Emilite (TL) Emplectite Enargite Epidote var: Tawmawite Felbertalite (TL) Fluorite Galena Galenobismutite Gladite Gold Greenockite Gustavite Gypsum Hammarite Hematite Heyrovskýite Hodrušite

'Hornblende' Hübnerite Ikunolite Ilmenite Junoite var: Se-free Junoite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Krupkaite Kupčíkite (TL) Laumontite Lillianite var: Argentian Lillianite Lindströmite Magnetite Makovickyite (TL) Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Monazite-(Ce) Opal var: Opal-AN Paarite (TL) Pekoite Pentlandite Phenakite Phlogopite Powellite

Prehnite Proudite var: Se-free Proudite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile Salzburgite (TL) Samarskite-(Y) Scheelite Scolecite Silver Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite 'Stilbite' Talc Tennantite Tetradymite Titanite Tungstenite Wolframite Zircon

97 entries listed. 82 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals).