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Hematite Mine, Waldenstein, Koralpe Mts, Carinthia, Austria

(Hämatitgrube, Waldenstein, Koralpe, Kärnten, Österreich)

Ancient iron mine, abandoned during the late 1990's. Located west of Waldenstein.
The mineralogy has been reviewed by Niedermayr & Prasnik (2007).



References:
- E. Döll: Verh. d. Geol. Reichsanstalt (Vienna), 44-45 (1876)
- H. Meixner: Carinthia II 130./50.:59-74 (1940)
- O. M. Friedrich: Der Karinthin 6:102-105 (1949)
- H. Meixner: Der Karinthin 8:153-160 (1950)
- O. M. Friedrich: Carinthia II 43./63.:93-95 (1953)
- A. Kieslinger: Carinthia II 143./63.:29-34 (1953)
- B. Matz: Carinthia II 143./63:23-28 (1953)
- H. Heritsch: Carinthia II 144./64.:40-41 (1954)
- H. Meixner: Carinthia II 145/65:10 (1955)
- H. Meixner: Carinthia II, special ed. no. 21 (1957)
- H. Weninger: Mineralfundstellen Steiermark und Kärnten, Weise (Munich), 1976, pp. 130-131
- G. Niedermayr: Carinthia II 175./95.:243 (1985)
- J. Mörtl: Mitt. Öster. Miner. Ges. 133:103-111 (1988)
- W. Postl: Carinthia II 180./100.:252 (1990)
- F. Walter: Mitt. Öster. Miner. Ges. 137:212-216 (1992)
- R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (Vienna), 1993
- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens (1995)
- Pohl, W., and Belocky, R. (1999): Metamorphism and metallogeny in the Eastern Alps. Mineralium Deposita 34, 614-629.
- G. Niedermayr & H. Prasnik (2007): Mineralien-Welt 18 (3), 41-55.





Map Reference: 46°55'N , 14°52'E

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


Mineral List:
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allanite-(Ce) ?
Anatase
Ankerite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Antimony
'Apatite'
Biotite
Bismuth
Bournonite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
Cryptomelane
Diopside
Dravite
Epidote
Felsőbányaite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Goethite
Graphite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Illite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Phlogopite
Polybasite ?
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
'Scapolite'
'Sericite'
Siderite
var: Sideroplesite
Stibiconite
Stibnite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Tremolite
Ullmannite
Uvite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite


58 entries listed. 45 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
Austria
 
  • Carinthia
    • Koralpe Mts
      • Waldenstein
        • Hematite Mine

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