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Arsenic mine, Lower Rotgülden lake, Rotgülden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria

Gustavite
Arsenic mine, Lower Rotgülden lake, Rotgülden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria

Photo: AL
Arsengrube, Unterer Rotgüldensee, Rotgülden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Österreich

Abandoned arsenic mine (arsenopyrite-pyrite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite mineralisations with minor gold).
Famous for excellent gustavite crystals collected underground.

In 2007 prospecting and exploration work was done by ORD Resources GmbH.


References

- Friedrich, Otmar M. (1934): Über den Vererzungstyp Rotgülden.- Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung 1, 143(3/4), 95-108.
- Friedrich, Otmar M. (1935): Wismutglanz und Freigold von Rotgülden. Eine Nachlese.- Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung 1, 144, 1-6.
- Günther, Wilhelm (1974): Rutil-xx vom Arsenbergbau Rotgülden / Lungau, Salzburg. Der Karinthin, 70, 87.
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
- Lang, M. & Weidinger, J. (1989): Montangeologische Untersuchungen im As-Au-(Ag) Bergbau Rotgülden im Lungau. Universität Salzburg, Diplomarbeit, 195 pp.
- Weidinger, J. & Lang, M. (1991): Der As-Au-Ag-Bergbau Rotgülden im Lungau. Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 13, 233-247.
- W. H. Paar, J. Weidinger, R. Mrazek, H. Heiss (1993): Rotgülden: Gold- und Gustavit-Kristalle aus dem Salzburger Land. Lapis 18(5), 13-28.
- Horner, J., Neubauer, F., Paar, W.H., Hansmann, W., Koeppel, V., and Robl, K.P. (1996): The As-Au-Ag deposit Rotgülden, Eastern Alps (Austria): significance for formation of epigenetic ore deposits within metamorphic core complexes.- In: Amann, Gabriele et al. (Hrsg.): 6. Symposium Tektonik - Strukturgeologie - Kristallingeologie. Salzburg, 10. - 15. April 1996. Erweiterte Kurzfassungen.- Wien: Facultas-Univ.-Verlag, 1996, 202-205.
- Horner, J., Neubauer, F., Paar, W.H., Hansmann, W., Koeppel, V., and Robl, K. (1997): Structure, mineralogy, and Pb isotopic composition of the As-Au-Ag deposit Rotgülden, Eastern Alps (Austria): significance for formation of epigenetic ore deposits within metamorphic domes. Mineralium Deposita 32, 555-568.




External Links

- http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/%D6sterreich/Salzburg/Lungau/Rotg%FClden

Mineral List

Aikinite
Albite
Anatase
Ankerite
Annabergite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Brookite
Bukovskýite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
Canfieldite
var: Tellurian Canfieldite

Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite

Covellite
Cronstedtite
Dolomite
Fluorite
Freibergite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gold
var: Electrum
Greenockite
Gustavite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hessite
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Joséite-B
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnesite
var: Mesitine Spar

Magnetite
Marcasite
Matildite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite

Nickeline
Pavonite
'Prochlorite'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrostilpnite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal

Rutile
Scorodite
Siderite
var: Sideroplesite
Silver
var: Küstelite
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Stannite
Stephanite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Xenotime-(Y)


67 entries listed. 53 valid minerals.

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