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

Latitude: 46°50'21"N
Longitude: 14°59'31"E
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.
Currently (2012), new prospecting and drilling work is being done by an Australian company.

Located on the northeast slope of the Brandrücken, about 2 km east of the Weinebene.

Note: a separate dump, heavily picked over and nowadays fairly weathered, is located 8 km away from the exploration adit.
Coordinates: 46°52`3`` N, 14°55`54`` E.

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
Almandine
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Axinite-(Fe)
Bavenite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Uranophane
'Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Calcite
Cassiterite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Clinozoisite
Collinsite
Columbite-(Fe)
Cosalite
var: Antimonian Cosalite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite

Dravite
Epidote
Fairfieldite
Ferrisicklerite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Giessenite
Goethite
Graphite
Greifensteinite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Holmquistite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylherderite
Ilmenite
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kyanite
Laumontite
'Limonite'
Lithiophilite
Ludlamite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marialite
Meionite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Microcline
Microlite Group
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nontronite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Phlogopite
Prehnite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
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. 79 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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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)
- Göd, R. (1989): The spodumene deposit at “Weinebene”, Koralpe, Austria. Mineral. Deposita, 24, 270-278.
- ČERNÝ, P., CHAPMAN, R., GÖD, R., NIEDERMAYR, G. & WISE, M.A. (1989): Exsolution intergrowths of titanian ferrocolumbite and niobian rutile from the Weinebene spodumene pegmatites, Carinthia, Austria. Mineral. Petrol., 40, 197-206.
- 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. Österr. Mineral. 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 (1995): Die Morphologie von Uralolith, Weinebene, Koralpe, Kärnten und ein Vergleich der Uralolith-Daten mit anderen Vorkommen. Matrixx - Mineralogische Nachrichten aus Österreich, Bd. 4, 61-66.
- F. Walter: Mitt. Österr. Mineral. 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)

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