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 Gastein valley Naßfeld valley Kreuzkogel massif Radhausberg Gold Mines Wildenkar adit (dump)

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