Silver mines, Gamseck Mt. area, Habach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria

(Silbergruben, Gamseck, Habachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich)

According to old reports, there was a number of ancient silver mines on Gamseck mountain, working sulphide mineralizations in quartz veins hosted by schists. The main ore was argentiferous galena. No visible relicts of these mines have remained.

Ref.:
- H. Leitmeier: "Die Mineralien des Habachtales", TMPM 44:219-229 (1933)
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)

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Mineral List:

	Chalcopyrite

	Galena var: Argentiferous Galena

	Gold

	Pyrite

	Stephanite

	'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

6 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.

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