Hematite Mine, Waldenstein, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria

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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)
- J. Taucher (1996): Harmotom, Heulandit, Pyrit, Calcit und Saponit aus dem Hämatitbergbau Waldenstein, Kärnten, Österreich - Matrixx Mineralogische Nachrichten aus Österreich, Bd.5, 26 - 30.
- 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.

Mineral List

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

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' Goethite Graphite Harmotome Hematite var: Specularite 'Heulandite' Illite Lepidocrocite Limonite

Magnesite Magnetite Marcasite Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Sericite Phlogopite Polybasite ? Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Milky Quartz var: Rock Crystal var: Smoky Quartz Roméite Group var: Stibiconite

Rutile Saponite 'Scapolite' Siderite var: Sideroplesite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tremolite Ullmannite Uvite Vermiculite Vesuvianite

61 entries listed. 46 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Austria Carinthia Koralpe Waldenstein Hematite Mine Kochzeche