Kupferlagerstätte, Flatschach, Knittelfeld, Steiermark, Österreich
Copper mining area with three districts: Brunngraben district, Weißenbach (= Flatschachgraben) district and Adlitz (= Adlitzgraben) district; an adit is also located in the Schloßgraben (Gröbner, 2000). Mineralization is in several discordant calcite-dolomite-ankerite veins (8 veins including 3 major ones) and extends for ca. 2 km in SW-NE direction. The major ore mineral is chalcopyrite.
References
- Jarlowsky, W. (1964): Die Kupfererzgänge von Flatschach bei Knittelfeld. Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung in den Ostalpen, 2, 32-75.
- Paar, W.H. & Meixner, H. (1979): Neues aus den Kupfererz-Gängen des Flatschacher Bergbau-Reviers bei Knittelfeld, Steiermark. Karinthin, 81: 148-150.
- Postl, W. (1981): Eisenblüte, Jg. 2 NF, 3, 6-13.
- Postl, W. & Moser, B. (1988): Mineralogische Notizen aus der Steiermark. Mitt. Abt. Miner. Landesmuseum Joanneum, 56, 5-47.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs.
- Gröbner, J. (2000): Neue Mineralienfunde aus Österreich (2). Mineralien-Welt, 11 (5), 49-51.
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