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Kothgraben, Kleinfeistritz, Knittelfeld, Styria, Austria

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(Kothgraben, Kleinfeistritz, Knittelfeld, Steiermark, Österreich)

Small, ancient mine with several adits, working arsenopyrite-bearing veins.

Refs.:
- Haditsch, J.G. (1964): Der Arsenkiesgang im oberen Kotgraben (Stubalpe). Mitteilungsblatt, Abteilung für Mineralogie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Heft 1, 1-14.
- Postl, W. (1977): Die Sekundärmineralparagenese vom Arsenkiesgang im Kothgraben, Stubalpe (Steiermark). Mitteilungsblatt, Abteilung für Mineralogie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 45, 34-37.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs.
- Taucher, J. & Postl, W. (1995): 997: Chalkanthit vom alten Bergbau beim "Samer" im Kothgraben, Kleinfeistritz, Stubalpe, Steiermark. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (1995): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XIVL. Carinthia II, 185/105, 163.





Mineral List:
  		•  Antlerite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977): Die Sekundärmineralparagenese vom Arsenkiesgang im Kothgraben, Stubalpe (Steiermark). Mitteilungsblatt, Abteilung für Mineralogie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 45, 34-37.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
    Site Photo
    Kothgraben, Kleinfeistritz, Knittelfeld, Styria, Austria
     
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Chalcanthite
    CuSO
     
    4
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Taucher, J. & Postl, W. (1995)]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Cyanotrichite
    Cu
     
    4
    		Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    12
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [J. Gröbner: Weitere Funde von Cyanotrichit in Österreich. MINERALIEN-WELT 16 (3/2005), 60-62.]
  		•  Devilline
    CaCu
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Posnjakite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Scorodite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		AsO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Taucher, J. & Postl, W. (1995)]
  		•  Siderotil
    FeSO
     
    4
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Haditsch, J.G. (1964)]
  		•  Tyrolite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Cu
     
    9
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    11
    		|CO
     
    3
    		|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 0-1H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Postl, W. (1977)]


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