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Gold Mines, Radhausberg, Kreuzkogel massif, Naßfeld valley, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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Goldgruben, Radhausberg, Kreuzkogelmassiv, Naßfelder Tal, Gasteiner Tal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich

Ancient gold mining area. At an elevation of about 1900 m (above sea level), a series of roughly parallel, SSW trending quartz-carbonate veins carrying a suite of gold-rich sulphide minerals are included in gneisses of the Siglitz formation. The veins were developed by several mines located on the slopes to the southeast of the Naßfeld valley, on Radhausberg mountain and, further southwest, on Salesenkogel mountain and in the Baukarlriegel area where their southern extensions were worked. The gold mainly occurred as inclusions in sulphides, the richest ores carrying around 60 g Au/t. Very rarely, gold contents of up to 500 g/t were observed. The mining activities ceased in the late 19th century. Today, the workings are inaccessible, but some dumps still remain.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Bertrandite
Bismuthinite
Boulangerite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cinnabar
Cobaltite
Cosalite
Dolomite
Epidote
Erythrite
Ferberite
Fluorite
Galena
Galenobismutite
Geocronite
Gold
Hematite
Jamesonite
Jordanite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Amethyst

var: Rock Crystal
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Scorodite
Silver
Sphalerite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetradymite


41 entries listed. 33 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Austria
  • Salzburg
    • Hohe Tauern

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References

- Pošepný, F. (1888): Die Goldbergbaue der Hohen Tauern mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Rauriser Goldberges. Archiv für practische Geologie, 1-256.
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs, 1989

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