PyriteDiabase quarry, Biberg, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria
Latitude: 47°25'31"N
Longitude: 12°48'47"E
Diabasbruch, Biberg (Bieberg), Saalfelden, Salzburg, Österreich
Located SW of Saalfelden.
In the 1980s collecting was forbidden.
Owned by STRABAG company.
Currently (2009) a tunnel is driven (at an inclination of about 28°) up the mountain to gain underground access to two large diabase lenses higher up on the mountain. These lenses, and additionally metasandstones and metagreywackes, will be exploited in a large open-pit quarrying operation and the rock material will be transported through the tunnel down to the processing plant.
The quarry will be closed and backfilled starting sometime in 2010.
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51 entries listed. 38 valid minerals.
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References
- Strasser, A. (1966): Axinit und andere Mineralien vom Diabasbruch bei Saalfelden, Salzburg. Der Aufschluss, 17 (4), 99-101.
- Fischer, T. (1978): Der Diabasbruch Saalfelden. Lapis, 3 (8), 15.
- Lechler, A. (1985): Forum: Aktuelle MM-Fundstellen in Österreich (Biberg). Emser Hefte, Nr.2, 22.
- Berg, I. (1985): Neue Mineralien vom Biberg bei Saalfelden. Lapis, 10 (3), 35.
- Lapis Redaktion (1985): Lapis Aktuell: Sammelverbot am Biberg bei Saalfelden, Österreich. Lapis, 10 (7), 5.
- Hochleitner, R. (1986): Lapis Aktuell: Sammelverbot am Biberg bei Saalfelden. Lapis, 11 (3), 4.
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
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