Magnesite mine, Weißenstein, Hochfilzen, Kitzbühel Alps, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

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

Intermittently worked magnesite mine/quarry (currently only in summer), at an altitude of 1430-1700 m; started in 1972. The ore consists of either magnesite or dolomite.
Located south of Hochfilzen.

An adjacent quarry on the opposite moutain slope ("Am Bürgl") belongs to the same deposit; it was started in 1957(?) and abandoned around 1972.

Owned by Veitsch Radex GmbH & Co.

Note on the published mineral photos: The "magnesite with yellow dolomite crust" shown on p. 15 of Hajek et al. (2011) is in fact an Fe-bearing dolomite with a thin epitaxial coating of Fe-rich dolomite (U. Kolitsch, SXRD-analysis).

References

- Vavtar, F. (1976): Gefügeanalytische Untersuchungen der Magnesitlagerstätte Bürglkopf-Weißenstein bei Hochfilzen, Tirol. Verh. Geol. B.-A., 2, 147-182.
- R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
- Bogner, M. & Hajek, W. (2010): Hämatit-Glaskopf und Rosasit aus dem Magnesitabbau Weißenstein in Nordtirol. Lapis 35 (1), 48-49.
- Hajek, W., Bogner, M. & Hepp, M. (2011): Neufunde am Weißenstein, Nordtirol (Österreich). Lapis 36 (7-8), 13-15.

External Links

- http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/%D6sterreich/Tirol/Kitzb%FCheler%20Alpen/Hochfilzen/Tagebau%20Wei%DFenstein

Mineral List

Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Dolomite

Hematite Limonite Magnesite Malachite 'Manganomelane'

Marcasite Muscovite var: Sericite Pyrite Quartz var: Rock Crystal

Rosasite Siderite var: Pistomesite Strontianite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

19 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.