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Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

(Gebiet Brixlegg - Schwaz, Inntal, Nordtirol, Tirol, Österreich)

A large old mining district with numerous localities.



References:
- Worms, S. (1904): Schwazer Bergbau im 15. Jahrhundert. Wien, xx pp.
- Egg, E. & Atzl, A. (1951): Die Schwazer Bergwerkshalden. Schlern-Schriften 85, 136-145.
- Schmidegg, O. (1951): Die Erzlagerstätten des Schwazer Bergbaugebietes, besonders des Falkenstein. Schlern-Schriften 85, 36-58.
- Pirkl, H. (1961): Geologie des Trias-Streifens und des Schwazer Dolomits südlich des Inn zwischen Schwaz und Wörgl (Tirol). Jahrb. Geol. B.A., 104, 1-150.
- Gstrein, P. (1979): Neuerkenntnisse über die Genese der Fahlerzlagerstätte Schwaz (Tirol). Mineralium Deposita, 14, 185-194.
- Grundmann, G. & Martinek, K.-P. (1994): Erzminerale und Gangarten des Bergbaugebietes Schwaz und Brixlegg. Lapis 19 (7-8) 28-37. (in German)
- Schnorrer, G. (1994): Die Sekundärminerale des Bergbaugebietes Schwaz-Brixlegg in Tirol. Lapis, 19 (7-8), 41-69; 77-78. (in German)
- Schnorrer, G. (1996): Neue Sekundärminerale des alten Bergbaureviers Schwaz-Brixlegg in Tirol. Lapis 21 (12) 16-19; 58. (in German)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Allophane
var: Cupro-Allophane
Alum-(K)
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Antlerite
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Arsenbrackebuschite
Arsendescloizite
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
'Asphaltum'
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Barstowite
Baryte
Bayldonite
Beudantite
Bornite
Botallackite
Bournonite
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Calcite
Calumetite
Celestine
Cerussite
Cervantite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chlorargyrite
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Claraite
Clinoclase
Clinotyrolite
Cobaltite
'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite'
Conichalcite
'Conichalcite-Duftite Series'
Connellite
Copper
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Tile ore
Descloizite
Devilline
Digenite
Dolomite
Duftite
Enargite
Erythrite
Ettringite
Famatinite
'Famatinite-Luzonite Series'
Ferrihydrite
Fibroferrite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Freibergite
Galena
Glaucodot
Glaukosphaerite
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hörnesite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
Jarosite
Kambaldaite
Kipushite
Koutekite
Ktenasite
Langite
Leightonite
Leogangite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Linarite
Linnaeite ?
Luzonite
Mackinawite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
Malachite
Mallestigite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Mimetite
Mottramite
Muscovite
Namuwite
Nesquehonite
Nickelhexahydrite
Nickeline ?
Olivenite
var: Leucochalcite
Orpiment
Orthoserpierite
Pararealgar
Parnauite
Partzite
Pearceite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsburgite
Pitticite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Quartz
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
Realgar
Retgersite
Rhodochrosite
Richelsdorfite
Romanèchite
Roméite
Rosasite
Rozenite
Rutile
Sabelliite
Safflorite
Schulenbergite
Serpierite
Siderite
Siderotil
Siegenite
Silver
Smithsonite
Spangolite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stetefeldtite
Stibiconite
'Stibioenargite'
Stibnite
Stranskiite
Strashimirite
Strontianite
var: Emmonite
Sulphur
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Terlinguaite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
var: Bismuthian Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Theisite
Thermonatrite
'Tourmaline'
Turquoise
Tyrolite (TL)
'Unnamed (Cu-Zn Arsenate Carbonate)' ?
Uvite
Vaesite
Valentinite
'Wad'
'var: Cobaltian Wad'
Witherite
Woodwardite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Yukonite
Zapatalite
Zinc
Zincolivenite


700 entries listed. 167 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
Austria
 
  • Tyrol
    • North Tyrol
      • Inn valley
        • Brixlegg - Schwaz area
              • Silberberggraben
            • Schwad Alp
            • Ulpen Cu deposit (Kaunz Alp; Keller pass; Öxel valley)

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