Bärenbad Mine (Bärnbad Mine), Scharnbachgraben, Hollersbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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Bergbau Bärenbad (Bergbau Bärnbad), Scharnbachgraben, Hollersbachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich

Small ancient mining area, working a sulphide-rich quartz body embedded in chloritized micaschists. These rocks belong to the Habach formation, which also hosts the scheelite deposit in the Felben valley. Main ores were galena and chalcopyrite, carrying up to 18 g/t of gold, 360 g/t of silver and 0.05 g/kg of both selenium and tellurium. Several adits and outcrops are mentioned in the old literature.
Located on the northern slopes of the lower Scharnbachgraben, a small western branch of the Hollersbach valley.

References

- W.H. Paar, T.T. Chen, V. Kupcik & K. Hanke (1983): Eclarite, (Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28, a new sulfosalt from Bärenbad, Hollersbachtal, Salzburg Province, Austria. Tschermaks Mineral. Petrograph. Mitt. 32, 103-110.
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
- Niedermayr, G. et al. (1989): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XXXVIII. Carinthia II, 179./99., 231-268. [Nr. 756: Molybdänit vom Bärenbad im Hollersbachtal]
- Strasser, A. (1990): Mineralneufunde. Mineral. Arch. Salzburg, 2, 42-51.
- Kohout, K. & I. Kohout (2000): Mineralogische Touren im Hollersbachtal, Österreich. Lapis, 25 (6), 13.
- Kolitsch, U., Poeverlein, R. & Brandstätter, F. in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198./118., 223-274.
- Kolitsch, U., Poeverlein, R. & Gröbner, J. (2009): 1584) Weitere Nachweise von Sekundärmineralien aus den alpinen Sulfidvererzungen von Bärenbad im Hollerbachtal: Beyerit, Ferrimolybdit und Skorodit; Salzburg. Pp. 206-207 in: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2009): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVIII. Carinthia II, 199/119, 189-236.

Mineral List

Albite Anglesite Ankerite ? Aragonite Arsenopyrite Aurichalcite Beyerite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Brochantite Calcite

Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Copper Cosalite Covellite Cuprite Devilline Eclarite (TL) Ferrimolybdite Galena Galenobismutite Gladite

Gold Gypsum Hemimorphite Jarosite Joséite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Lillianite Limonite Linarite Malachite Molybdenite Pyrite

Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Scorodite Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Wulfenite

47 entries listed. 43 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).