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KELAG water tunnel, Kleine Fleiß valley, Goldberg group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

KELAG-Wasserstollen, Kleines Fleißtal, Goldberggruppe, Hohe Tauern, Kärnten, Österreich

A 7km long water tunnel joining the Zirmsee, Brettsee and Großsee reservoirs, running through the Kleine Fleiß and Große Zirknitz valleys. Numerous mineralized Alpine clefts were cut during its construction. At m 4430 and m 4600 Meixner describes similiar paragenesis like in the Pazisel ore veins. Constructed and owned by the KELAG company.

References

- H. Meixner (1981): handwritten notes from him about that tunnel, described in: A.Pichler (2009): Bergbau in Westkärnten, Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten - Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, 63. Sonderheft, p. 66.
- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995

Mineral List

Ankerite
Aurichalcite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Hemimorphite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Laumontite
Limonite
Muscovite
Polybasite
Prehnite
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal

Rutile
Sphalerite
Wulfenite


19 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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