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Spodumene prospect (Brandrücken exploration adit), Brandrücken, Moschkogel Mt. - Weinebene area, Koralpe Mts, Carinthia, Austria

(Spodumen-Versuchsabbau (Brandrücken-Explorationsstollen), Brandrücken, Gebiet Moschkogel - Weinebene, Koralpe, Kärnten, Österreich)

Amphibolites and micaschists, including spodumene-rich pegmatites. During the 1980s, a prospection adit was driven. However, the ore turned out to need elaborate processing to enrich the spodumene, making the deposit unprofitable, so the prospect was closed in the early 1990s. Meanwhile, the adit has been backfilled, the dumps largely removed and the area recultivated.
Located on the northeast slope of the Brandrücken, about 2 km east of the Weinebene.



References:
- G. Niedermayr, W. Postl: Carinthia II 177./97.:295-296 (1987)
- J. Mörtl: Mitt. Öster. Miner. Ges. 133:103-111 (1988)
- G. Niedermayr, F. Brandstätter: Carinthia II 178./98.:191-194 (1988)
- W. Postl, B. Moser: Carinthia II 178./98.:191 (1988)
- W. Postl, G. Niedermayr, F. Brandstätter: Carinthia II 179./99.:234-235 (1989)
- M. Sabor: Lapis 15(11):27-31 (1990)
- W. Postl, F. Brandstätter, G. Niedermayr: Carinthia II 180./100.:248-251 (1990)
- F. Walter, W. Postl, J. Taucher: Mitteilungen Abt. Min. Landesmuseum Joanneum 58:37-42 (1990)
- G. Niedermayr, R. Göd: Carinthia II 182./102.:21-35 (1992)
- J. Taucher, B. Moser, W. Postl, F. Brandstätter: Carinthia II 182./102.:115-124 (1992)
- J. Taucher, F. Walter, W. Postl: Matrixx 1:23-72 (1992)
- F. Walter: Mitt. Öster. Miner. Ges. 137:212-216 (1992)
- R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
- J. Taucher, F. Walter, W. Postl: Matrixx 3:19-52 (1994)
- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens (1995)
- F. Walter: Mitt. Öster. Miner. Ges. 141:333-342 (1996)
- W. Postl, H. P. Bojar: Carinthia II 190./110.:182-183 (2000)
- V. Chukanov, S. Möckel, K. Raszvetaeva, A. E. Zadov: Lapis 28(4):39 (2003)
- http://www.indra-g.at/datenbanken/literaturnachweise/lit-nachw-einzel/ordner-ko/koralpe_brandruecken_li-berg.htm





Map Reference: 46°50'11"N , 14°59'29"E

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Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Albite
Almandine
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Axinite-(Fe)
Bavenite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Uranophane
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Calcite
Cassiterite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Clinozoisite
Collinsite
Columbite-(Fe)
Cosalite
var: Antimonian Cosalite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite

Dravite
Epidote
Fairfieldite
Ferrisicklerite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Giessenite
Goethite
Graphite
Greifensteinite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Holmquistite
Hydroxylherderite
Ilmenite
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)
Kaolinite
Kyanite
Laumontite
Limonite
Lithiophilite
Ludlamite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marialite
Meionite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Microcline
Microlite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nontronite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Phlogopite
Prehnite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Roscherite
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Siderite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
Staurolite
Stellerite
'Stilbite'
Titanite
Todorokite
Triphylite
Uralolite
Uvite
Vivianite
Weinebeneite (TL)
Zircon


99 entries listed. 80 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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