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Leogang, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria

Latitude: 47°26'22"N
Longitude: 12°45'42"E
Leogang, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Österreich

Old copper(-silver etc.) mining district with several subdistricts (see especially the Schwarzleograben sublocality).

An excellent mining museum can be visited in Hütten village.
A tourist mine (incorporating the Barbara and Daniel adits) is also open for visitors.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allophane
'Amphibole Group'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Antlerite
'Apatite' ?
Aragonite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Balkanite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Betekhtinite
Bieberite
Bismuth
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Claraite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinotyrolite
Cobaltite
Colusite
Conichalcite ?
Copper
Cornubite
Covellite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Devilline
Digenite
Dolomite
Donharrisite (TL)
Enargite
Erythrite
Euchroite
Famatinite
Fassinaite
Fluorite ?
Furutobeite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Gortdrumite
Graphite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hörnesite
'Hydromuscovite'
Illite
Jamesonite ?
Langite
Lavendulan
Leogangite (TL)
Limonite
Luzonite
Mackinawite
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
var: Mesitine Spar
Malachite
Marcasite
Mawsonite
Mckinstryite
Melanterite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Millerite
Morenosite
Moschellandsbergite
Namuwite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Nukundamite
Olivenite
Orpiment ?
Parnauite
Pentlandite
Pharmacolite ?
Pharmacosiderite
Phosgenite
Polydymite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrargyrite ?
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
Rammelsbergite
Realgar ?
Renierite
Serpierite
Siderite
var: Pistomesite
Siegenite
Silver
var: Kongsbergite
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Stilpnomelane
Strashimirite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
Tyrolite
Witherite ?
Wroewolfeite ?


136 entries listed. 111 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Pošepný, F. (1880): Die Erzlagerstätten von Kitzbühel in Tirol und dem angrenzenden Theile Salzburgs. Archiv für practische Geologie, 1, 257-440.
- Buchrucker, L. (1891): Die Mineralien der Erzlagerstätten von Leogang im Kronlande Salzburg. Z. Kristallogr. 19, 113-166.
- Schwarz, F. (1930): Beitrag zur mineralogischen und geologischen Charakteristik der Lagerstätte Leogang. Berg- u. Hüttenmänn. Jahrb., 78, 60-69.
- Haditsch, J.G. & Mostler, H. (1970): Die Kupfer-Kobalt-Vererzung im Bereich Leogang (Inschlagalm, Schwarzleo, Nöckelberg) – Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung in den Ostalpen, vol.11, 161-209.
- Günther, W. (1987): Die Geschichte des Bergbaus bei Leogang. LAPIS 12 (9), 36-44 + 58.
- Lengauer, Ch. (1987): Die Geologie des Bergbaugebiets von Leogang. LAPIS 12 (9), 45-49 + 58.
- Paar, W. H. (1987): Erze und Gangart - Mineralien von Leogang. LAPIS 12 (9), 11-24 + 58.
- Poeverlein, R. & Hochleitner, R. (1987): Die Sekundärmineralien von Leogang. LAPIS 12 (9), 25-32 + 58.
- Paar, W. H. & Steyrer, H. P. (2009): Die polymetallische Lagerstätte Leogang/Bundesland Salzburg (Exkursion K am 17. April 2009). Jber. Mitt. oberrhein. geol. Ver., N.F. 91, 393-429.

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