Monteneve Mine (Schneeberg Mine), Passiria Valley (Passeier Valley), Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

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Schneeberg (St. Martin am Schneeberg), Val Passiria, Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italia

Old Pb-Zn mines first started in the 13th century. The ore deposits are located at an altitude of 2000-2500 m asl. The last mine closed in 1985; it is now a tourist mine.
A total of 400-450 adits existed here.
Some names: Bockleiten mine, Karl adit (Karlstollen), St. Martin adit (St.-Martin-Stollen), St. Peter adit (St.-Peter-Stollen).

Metamorphosed pre-variscan synsedimentary sulphide horizons (no veins).

References

- Brigo, L. (1965): Il giacimento a Pb e Zn di S. Martino di Monteneve in Alto Adige. Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia, 21, 344-346.
- Clar, E. (1931): Zentralbl. Mineral. Geol. Pal. 105-124.
- Förster, H. G. (1966): N. Jb. Miner. Abh. 105, 262-291.
- Frizzo, P. et al. (1982): Mineral. Deposita 17, 333-347.
- Folie K. (Ed.) (1984): I minerali del Trentino e dell'Alto Adige. Tappainer, Merano, 192 pp.
- Folie K. (1987): Silber, Kupfer, Blei.... Bergbaugeschichte und Mineralien in Sudtirol. Tappainer, Bolzano, 103pp.
- Exel, R. (1987): Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo. Athesia, Bolzano, 204 pp.
- MUTSCHLECHNER, G. (1988): Beiträge zum Erzbergbau Schneeberg. Veröffentl. d. Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 68, 31-74.
- Tasser, R. (1994): Das Bergwerk am Südtiroler Schneeberg. Bozen, Italien, 228 pp. (in German).
- Tasser, R. (1996): La miniera di Monteneve in Sudtirolo. Bolzano/Vipiteno, xx pp. (in Italian)
- Mair et al. (2007): Mitt. Öster. Mineralog. Ges. 153, 145-180. [http://www.uibk.ac.at/mineralogie/oemg/bd_153/153_145-180x.pdf]

External Links

- http://www.schneeberg.org/
- http://www.bergbaumuseum.it/de/bergbaumuseen/information/index.asp
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneeberg_%28S%C3%BCdtirol%29

Mineral List

Acanthite Albite Allophane Almandine 'Amphibole Group var: Byssolite' Andradite var: Topazolite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Anthophyllite 'Apatite' Aragonite Arsenopyrite 'Asbestos' Azurite Biotite Bornite Boulangerite Bournonite

Brochantite Calcite Cerussite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chrysocolla Clinochlore var: Pennine Cobaltite Covellite Cubanite Dolomite Dyscrasite Epsomite Fluorite Gahnite Galena 'Garnet' Goethite Gold

Greenockite Gudmundite Gypsum Hematite 'Hornblende' Hydrozincite Ilmenite Jamesonite Langite Limonite Linarite Magnesite Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Muscovite Pentlandite Pitticite Pyrite

Pyrope Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Chalcedony Roméite Group Rutile Schneebergite Schorl Sepiolite Siderite Sillimanite Silver Skutterudite Smithsonite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tremolite Valleriite

80 entries listed. 66 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.