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

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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.

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.

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. 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 (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. 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)

External Links

- http://www.indra-g.at/datenbanken/literaturnachweise/lit-nachw-einzel/ordner-ko/koralpe_brandruecken_li-berg.htm

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. 80 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).