Gold mines, Kloben (north slope), Brennkogel area, Fusch valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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Goldgruben, Kloben (Nordflanke), Brennkogel-Gebiet, Fuschertal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich

Just east of Kloben summit, at an elevation of roughly 2900 m above sea level, a system of gold-bearing quartz veins disseminates phyllites and micaschists. Since the veins were worked both from the northern (Salzburgian) and the southern (Carinthian) side of the mountain, the minerals are listed for both countries.

References

- H. Meixner: Carinthia II, special ed. no. 21 (1957)
- H. Breitfuss, P. Brandmaier: Der Karinthin 96:461-464 (1987)
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
- P. Brandmaier: Mitt. Öster. Miner. Ges. 137:243-244 (1992)
- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens (1995)
- Die Kärntner Landsmannschaft 3 (1999) 4-8.
- W. Günther, W. Paar, F. Gruber, V. Höck: Schatzkammer Hohe Tauern - 2000 Jahre Goldbergbau, Anton Pustet (Salzburg, Munich), 2000
- A.Pichler (2009): Bergbau in Westkärnten, Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten - Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, 63. Sonderheft, 1-416.

Mineral List

Ankerite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Freibergite

Galena var: Argentiferous Galena Gold Gypsum Hydrozincite Linarite Magnetite Malachite

Marcasite Mimetite Pitticite Polybasite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz

Quartz var: Rock Crystal Rutile Scorodite Silver Sphalerite Tetrahedrite var: Argentian Tetrahedrite

31 entries listed. 26 valid minerals.