Millstatt lake ridge, Carinthia, Austria

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Millstätter Seenrücken, Kärnten, Österreich

East of a line which approximately runs along the valley of the Lieser river, across Millstatt lake and down the lower valley of the Afritz stream, the older Alpine rocks ('Altkristallin') are covered by Upper Palaeozoic rocks ('Gurktaler Decke'), mainly metavolcanites, phyllites, schists, siliceous schists, marbles and dolomites.
The Millstatt ridge ('Millstätter Seenrücken'), a low mountain range to the northeast of the Drau river valley, southeast of Spittal, is situated on the geological boundary between these areas. It is relatively rich in both pegmatites (sometimes enriched in P) and mineralized clefts. To the east and southeast, it is joined by the Afritz Mts ('Afritzer Berge'). Most of the pegmatite lenses are oriented parallel to their host strata, two-mica gneisses and schists.

References

- Luecke, W. & Ucik, F.H. (1986): Die Zusammensetzung der Pegmatite von Edling und Wolfsberg bei Spittal/Drau (Kärnten) im Rahmen der Pegmatitvorkommen des Millstätter See-Rückens. Arch. f. Lagerst. forsch. Geol. B.-A., 7, 173-187. [http://www.geologie.ac.at/filestore/download/AL0007_173_A.pdf]
- Ucik, F.H. (1995): Pegmatite und junge Gänge. Beitragsband zur Kärntner Landesausstellung 1995 "Grubenhunt & Ofensau".
- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995
- TRENNER, S. (1996): Die Minerale aus den Pegmatitvorkommen des Millstätter Seenrückens, Kärnten. Diplomarbeit Univ. Graz, 116 pp.
- Walter, F. (1998): Exkursion E4 am 27.9.1998 - MinPet 98 (Pörtschach am Wörthersee/Kärnten) - Die Pegmatite des Millstätter See-Rückens. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 143, 437-450. [http://www.uibk.ac.at/mineralogie/oemg/bd_143/143minpet98_437-450.pdf]

Mineral List

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

Albite 'Allanite' Almandine Analcime Anatase Ankerite 'Apatite' Arsenopyrite Augelite Autunite Axinite-(Fe) Beryl β-Uranophane Bjarebyite Bournonite Brazilianite Brookite Burangaite Calcite Cassiterite Chalcopyrite Childrenite 'Chlorite Group' Clinozoisite Cobaltite

Columbite-(Fe) Crandallite Cyrilovite Diopside Epidote Erythrite 'Feldspar Group' Fluorapatite Galena 'Garnet' Goethite Gormanite Graphite Heterosite 'Heulandite' Holmquistite 'Hornblende' Kaolinite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Kulanite Kyanite Lepidocrocite Ludlamite Magnesioferrite Malachite

Matioliite Meta-autunite Metatorbernite 'Mica Group' Microcline Microlite Group var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) Millerite Millisite ? Montebrasite Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Opal var: Opal-AN Orthoclase Pentlandite Perhamite Phlogopite Phurcalite Pumpellyite-(Fe2+) Pyrrhotite Quartz Rockbridgeite Schorl Scorzalite Siderite

Spessartine Sphalerite Spodumene Staurolite Synchysite-(Ce) Tantalite-(Fe) Tapiolite-(Fe) Titanite 'Tourmaline' Triphylite Uraninite Vesuvianite Vivianite Wardite Weeksite Whiteite-(CaFeMg) Whiteite-(CaMnMg) Whitlockite Zanazziite Zippeite Zircon Zoisite

99 entries listed. 84 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Austria Carinthia Millstatt lake ridge Fresach Amberg Marble outcrop Laas Feldspar quarry Spittal Baldramsdorf Lieser ravine Lippnik Feldspar quarry Lug-ins-Land Millstatt lake

Austria Carinthia Millstatt lake ridge Spittal Millstatt lake Dellach Döbriach Hahnenkofel Hochgosch Laggerhof Wolfsberg A10 Highway tunnel Edling Feldspar quarry