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Talc mine, Rabenwald, Anger, Weiz, Styria, Austria

Photo: AC
Latitude: 47°17'12"N
Longitude: 15°45'27"E
Talkbergbau, Rabenwald (Rabenwaldkogel), Anger, Weiz, Steiermark, Österreich

Open-pit talc mine of the Naintsch Mineralwerke GmbH (part of Luzenac Co.). The whole area around this mine was exploited in various open pits and adits ('Tagbau Krughof', 'Tagbau Wiedenhofer'), see Taucher & Hollerer (2001).

Located on Rabenwaldkogel Mt. (1.280 m), about 5 km ENE of Anger, northeast of Weiz.

References

- Friedrich, O. M. (1947): Die Talklagerstätten des Rabenwaldes, Oststeiermark. Berg- und Hüttenmänn. Monatshefte 92, 66-85.
- Weiss, A. (1972): Die Talklagerstätten des Rabenwaldes. Der Aufschluss, Sonderheft 22, 56-65.
- Prochaska, W. (1984): Neue geochemische Aspekte zur Genese der Talklagerstiitte Rabenwald, Stmk. Berg- und Hüttenmänn. Monatshefte 129, 457-462.
- Postl, W. (1987): Vanadinit und Xenotim von der Talklagerstätte Rabenwald, Steiermark. Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Mineralogie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 55, 3-6.
- Prochaska, W. (1989): Geochemistry and genesis of Austrian talc deposits. Applied Geochemistry 4, 511-525.
- Leikauf, B. & Postl, W. (1992): 880: Pumpellyit aus dem Talkbergbau am Rabenwald bei Anger, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1992): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XIL. Carinthia II, 182-102, 139-141.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs.
- Postl, W., Taucher, J. & Moser, B. (1993): 922: Prehnit, Chabasit, Brookit, Chalkopyrit, Siderit und Melanterit von der Talklagerstätte am Rabenwald bei Anger, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1993): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XIIL. Carinthia II, 183/103, 281-282.
- Pohl, W., and Belocky, R. (1999): Metamorphism and metallogeny in the Eastern Alps. Mineralium Deposita 34, 614-629.
- Postl, W., Bojar, H.-P. & Moser, B. (2000): 1230: Antigorit vom Talkbergbau am Rabenwald bei Anger, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2000): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLIX. Carinthia II, 190/110, 214.
- Taucher, J. and Hollerer, C. E. (2001): Die Mineralien des Bundeslandes Steiermark in Österreich. 2 Volumes, 1 CD-ROM, Verlag C. E. Hollerer, Graz, 955 + 1124 pp.
- Bojar, H.-P. & Postl, W. (2003): 1339: Schwefel vom Talkbergbau Rabenwald bei Anger. In: Niedermayr, G., et al. (2003): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LII. Carinthia II, 193/113, 208.
- Walter, F. (2007): 1507: Ein Rauchquarz-Gwindel vom Tagbau Rabenwald bei Anger, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2007): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVI. Carinthia II, 197/117, 176-177.

External Links

- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabenwaldkogel

Mineral List

Albite
Anatase
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Brookite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Diopside
Dravite
Goethite
Grossular
Hematite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kyanite
Magnesite
Melanterite
Phengite
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Siderite
Sulphur
Talc
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Vanadinite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zoisite


37 entries listed. 29 valid minerals.

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