Wurten glacier, Wurten, Innerfragant, Goldberg group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

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Wurten glacier, Wurten, Innerfragant, Goldberg group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

Latitude: 47°2'22"N
Longitude: 13°0'31"E

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Wurtenkees, Wurten, Innerfragant, Goldberggruppe, Hohe Tauern, Kärnten, Österreich

Mineralized clefts in amphibolites in a ridge uncovered by recession of the Wurten glacier. These rocks are traversed by gold- and sulphide-bearing veins that trend towards Schareck mountain. The coordinates are centered on the ridge.

Mineral List

20 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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References

- Knobloch, G. (1992): Fundstellen am Wurtenkees in Kärnten - Alpintip für Einsteiger. Lapis, 17 (3), 41-44.
- Feitzinger, G. (1992): Gold-Silber-Vererzungen und historischer Bergbau im Zirknitz- und Wurtental (Sonnblickgruppe, Hohe Tauern, Kärnten). Lapis, 17 (5), 13-30.
- Niedermayr, G. (1996): Wurten, Kärnten - ein aktueller mineralogischer Situationsbericht. Mineralien-Welt, 7 (6), 68-73.
- Blaß, G. & Graf, H.W. (1997): Neue Mineralienfunde aus Kärnten. Mineralien-Welt, 8 (2), 27-28.
- Paar, W.H., and Niedermayr, G. (1998): Das Wurtental - Kluftmineralisationen und Edelmetallvererzungen. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 143, 425-435.
- Blaß, G. & Niedermayr, G. (1999): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLVIII (48). 1172. Bismutit, Wulfenit und Zoisit aus der Wurten, Kärnten. Carinthia II, 189./109., 201-236.
- Blaß, G. & Graf, H.W. (1999): Neue Mineralienfunde: Bayrischer Wald, Schwarzwald, Kärnten & Lanzarote. Mineralien-Welt, 10 (2), 40-45.
- Kofler, E. (2000): Gediegen Gold und Tetradymit vom Wurtenkees in Kärnten, Österreich. Lapis, 25 (4), 35.
- Pichler, A. (2009): Bergbau in Westkärnten, Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten - Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, 63. Sonderheft, 1-416.

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