(Salzburg, Österreich)
NOTE:
Salzburg is traditionally separated into 5 larger regions: Lungau, Pinzgau, Pongau, Tennengau and Flachgau.
Only Flachgau and Lungau are used in Mindat as hierarchical sub-levels for Salzburg localities - Flachgau, because the area is composed of sedimentary rocks bearing similar mineralizations, and Lungau, because the area is perfectly defined by geographic boundaries: high mountain ranges to the north and west and the Carinthian and Styrian borders - again represented by high mountain ranges - to the south and east, respectively. Lungau and Pinzgau may be encountered on specimen labels; the latter mostly refers to localities in the Hohe Tauern Mts.
The remaining Salzburg localities are arranged by geographic points of view, i.e. they are mostly assigned to valleys, mountain ranges, or towns etc., but NOT to one of the remaining regions (Pongau, Tennengau, Pinzgau) because this would have severe implications for the Pinzgau/Pongau and Pongau/Flachgau boundaries in that important geologic formations and historical mining districts (Mitterberg, Werfen, Tennen Mts) would have to be split up.
Refs.:
- Kotal, K. (1982): Micromounting in the eastern alps of Austria. Mineralogical Record 13, 171-173.
- Gruber, F., Ludwig, K.-H. (1982): Salzburger Bergbaugeschichte. Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg, 140 S.
- Günther, W., Paar, W. H., Gruber, F. & Höck, V. (2000): Schatzkammer Hohe Tauern. 2000 Jahre Goldbergbau. Verlag Anton Pustet, 408 pp.
- Feitzinger, G., Ibetsberger, H. & Vetters, W. (2003): Bergbau und Rohstoffe im Land Salzburg. Begleitheft zu "Die Woche des Offenen Bergbaus 27. 6 - 4. 7. 2003), Verein Schätze aus Salzburgs Boden & Aktion Salzburger Kulturgüter, Salzburg, 49 S.
- Paar, W. H., Günther, W. & Gruber, F. (2006): Das Buch vom Tauerngold. Revised, bilingual (German-Englisch) 2nd ed., Verlag Anton Pustet, 568 pp.
- Günther, W. (Ed.) (2007): Salzburgs Bergbau und Hüttenwesen im Wandel der Zeit. Leoganger Bergbaumuseumsverein, Leogang, 400 pp.
