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Magnesite mine, Weißenstein Mt., Hochfilzen, Kitzbüheler Alpen Mts, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

(Magnesitbergwerk, Weißenstein, Hochfilzen, Kitzbüheler Alpen, Nordtirol, Tirol, Österreich)

Intermittently worked magnesite mine/quarry (currently only in summer); started in 1972. The mined material consists of either magnesite or dolomite.
Located south of Hochfilzen.

An adjacent quarry on the opposite moutain slope ("Am Bürgl") belonging to the same deposit was abandoned in ca. 1972.

Owned by Veitsch Radex GmbH & Co.







Mineral List:
Baryte
Calcite
Dolomite
Limonite
Magnesite
Pyrite
'Sericite'
Siderite
var: Pistomesite

'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'


9 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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