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Michelgraben, Thumersbach, Zell am See, Kitzbüheler Alpen Mts, Salzburg, Austria

(Michelgraben, Thumersbach, Zell am See, Kitzbüheler Alpen, Salzburg, Österreich)

Ancient lead and zinc mines, working mineralizations in diabases. Located on the western side of the Michelgraben, a small valley north of Thumersbach, and in the forest nearby.
Mined in the 17th and 18th century.

Refs.:
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs, 1989
- Feitzinger, G., Ibetsberger, H. & Vetters, W. (2003): Bergbau und Rohstoffe im Land Salzburg. Begleitheft zu "Die Woche des Offenen Bergbaus 27. 6 - 4. 7. 2003), Verein Schätze aus Salzburgs Boden & Aktion Salzburger Kulturgüter, Salzburg, 49 S.





Mineral List:
  • Albite
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • 'Apatite'
  • Augite
  • 'Axinite'
  • Biotite
  • Bornite
  • Calcite
  • Cerussite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Clinozoisite
  • Covellite
  • Epidote
  • Galena
  • Greenockite
  • Hemimorphite
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Hydrozincite
  • Ilmenite
  • Magnetite
       var: Titaniferous Magnetite
  • Marcasite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stilpnomelane
  • Zoisite


    28 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.

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