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Limonite from
Bleiberg, Schmitten, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bleiberg, Schmitten, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:821778
Long-form Identifier:1:3:821778:3
GUID (UUID V4):db9f872f-5b55-4e7e-be60-8c53805437a0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
18.3km (11.4 miles) Tinzener Ochsenalp (Alp da Bovs; Colm da Bovs; Cuolm da Bovs), Tinizong (Tinzen), Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
22.0km (13.7 miles) Goldene Sonne Mine (Fliden Mine), Taminser Calanda, Calanda, Grisons, Switzerland
25.4km (15.8 miles) Fianel, Ausserferrera, Ferrera, Viamala Region, Grisons, Switzerland
30.2km (18.8 miles) Lake Grevasalvas, Julier pass area, Bivio, Surses, Albula Region, Grisons, Switzerland
30.2km (18.8 miles) Schafberg - Gargellner Köpfe area, Gargellen, Gargellen valley, Sankt Gallenkirch, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
36.3km (22.5 miles) Ochsen valley glacier, Ochsen valley, Gaschurn, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
36.8km (22.9 miles) Knappabergli, Burg, Alpe Nova, Vermiel valley, Sankt Gallenkirch, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
39.5km (24.5 miles) Schisarolo Valley, Madesimo, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
40.2km (25.0 miles) Gonzen Mine, Sargans, Sarganserland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
40.9km (25.4 miles) Sacktobel, Rells valley, Vandans, Bludenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
paragenesis.......................................... Bleiberg-Kreuth ........................ : ..............depositsof Cave di Predil (Raibl), Mezica (Miess), and Bleiberg-Kreuth, in Italy, Yugoslavia, andAustria,respectively...Predil (Raibl) in Italy, Mezicain Yugoslavia, and Bleiberg-Kreuth in Austria. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Gratefulacknowledgment...preparingthis paper. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. The Bleiberg-KreuthDistrict is locatedin Western Carinthia...the AustroItalian border and 16 km south of the Bleiberg-KreuthDistrict. Before World War I thesethree
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RECHERCHES ILl. Premier ensemble Bergmannshoffnung Bleiberg · Constantia Corbeau-Tapeu Dickenbusch Eschbroich...Concentrés de pyrite III.2.2.4. Concentrés de limonite III.2.2.5. Tonnage total des concentrés de Pb+Zn...GISEMENTS Bleiberg. Vue en plan (sous les terrains de couverture), d'après plans miniers. Bleiberg. Coupe...Tableau Tableau Tableau Bleiberg. Corps 2. Dimensions par pas de 100 m. Bleiberg. Corps 3. Dimensions par...par pas de 100 m. Bleiberg. Corps 4. Dimensions par pas de 100 m. Bleiberg. Avancement des travaux en
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intellectual backgrounds meeting in the Alpine region. Realizing this development some Italian colleagues...structure of the Alps - is by no means safe for every region. The leading topics of the former symposia, the...Occurrences in the Triassic of the Central Alps (Switzerland) (With 5 Figures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...E. Schroll Geochemical Characterization of the Bleiberg Type and Other Carbonate Hosted Lead-Zinc Mineralizations...Zinc-Lead Occurrences at S-Carl (Unterengadin, Switzerland) (With 7 Figures) ..........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
marousek@unileoben.ac.at Abstract: The lead–zinc mine Bleiberg-Kreuth located in the Austrian federal state of...© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). 1. Introduction The Pb–Zn deposit Bleiberg-Kreuth is located in the Drau Range of the Eastern...percentages or ppm, are mass-related. Mining in the Bleiberg Valley likely started in the 13th century but...at Bleiberg. The volume of waste rock material deposited by mining and processing in the Bleiberg Valley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cerussite, calcite, plattnerite, adamite and limonite. It is the alteration product of sphalerite and...hemimorphite and excellent plattnerite xls on limonite. The fluorescence of the hydrozincite is excellent-brilliant...hydrozincite both of which are on the reddish limonite all help make the specimens very colorful. Specimens...Picos de Europe in Santander Province, Spain; Bleiberg, Austria; Raibl, Yugoslavia; Brilon, Westphalia...Laurium, Greece, with smithsonite and adamite. The Bleiberg material I saw recently was of very fine quality
Catalog/List
smaller central crystal crossing in the middle Kayes Region , Mai i £ 18 6. ZOISITE variety TANZANITE terminated...Hemimorphite / micro's on some galena in the matrix, Bleiberg Carinthia Austria ( one of the most famous European...3mm over 2x3 inch matrix with minor Hydrozincite Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 20. HUNTITE white chalky...GOETHITE with Limonite coating, fairly small scale size dark brown botryoidal with a Limonite coating. (Wheat...looking crystals 2 to 3mm on lx2 massive quartz/limonite Nyiri, Kando Hill, Hungary £7.50 69. STILBITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals formed usually on massive HYDROZINCITE or limonite. Identification of HYDROZINCITE is greatly facilitated...deposits of massive material have been mined. In Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria it occurred as thick, fairly...white acicular crystals on HYDROZINCITE coating limonite, or dry bone smithsonite with calcite, lustrous...HYDROZINCITE with black plattnerite on the reddish brown limonite is indeed attractive. The crystals form up to...long (up to one foot) flat open spaces in the limonite. This material seems to be unappreciated by many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
native copper and limonite. 2. White, massive; associated with malachite and limonite' 3. Light gray, porous...crustsl associated with malachite, native copper and limonite. 4. Pink, massive and in crystalline aggregates...together with a curve for dolomite from Binnenthal, Switzerland. The equipment used in the thermal study was...is at 1,005oC. whereasin plumbian calcite from Bleiberg, Corinthia with 23 per cent PbCOs,it is at 925"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Calcite Xls (very fine); Plombocalcite X l s ; Limonite; Marcasite Xls; Ilsemannite (Xline blue-black...Hemimorphite; Chalcedony; Anhy­ drite; Aragonite. Bleiberg/Kreuth. About 15 Ms. in this area. St. Johann...Johann M. Kreuzen, about 5 Mi W of the Bleiberg/ Kreuth area but a long trip by road. Several lead/zinc M ...ROCKS AND MINERALS Altenberg-Hematite. Wochein-Limonite (Geodes). General-Tourmaline (yellow and black)...Greisshut-Gypsum. Amasttall-Xenotime. Geralle a d Ybbs-Limonite. Melcher Schrofen-Calcite Xls. IX BURGE N LAND
Catalog/List
XX ON /OFF MATRIX FROM VAL GIUV, GRAUBUNDEN, SWITZERLAND intergrowth of xls. Nice. 49x33x30 002 A matrixless...14,00 024 BARYTES xx - Cavradi, Graublinden, Switzerland. A light brown c·paq\..~ 1->laty xl. Unusual...GROUP OF CALCITE XX-GROUPS FROM THE STEFANIE MINE, BLEIBERG, CARINTHIA, AUSTRIA, COLLECTED IN 1980. X 032...xls to 8, without matrix. Nies. 24x21x15 Mine, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. 113 GALENITE xx - Stephanie...6 in and on matrix. 58x45x38 HEMIMORPHITE xx - Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austrin. Very nice transparant sharp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by large castle on cliff and ice caves. Iron M. Limonite; Flos Ferri (Manganiferous); Siderite Limestone...Rammelsbergite; Goethite; Skutterrudite; Aragonite; Limonite (psuedo Siderite Xls) ; Bismuth (native); Opal...Hochbir Mt.—Descloizite. Bleiberg. In SE, not to be confused with Bleiberg nr Villach. M. with Calcite...Magnesite Corp. Spittal a.d. Drau-Spodumene; Wardite. Bleiberg area. W of Villach. Dozens of lead/zinc Ms. In
Catalog/List
colourless crystals around 5mm size, with minor limonite small display specimen. 2x3 inch £20 (Ojuela Mine...white-blue fluorescent coating, large I x2 inch Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria £7 22. HYDROXYL-HERDERITE good...with some pyrite micros Lengenbach mine, Binn ,Switzerland £3 34. CORUNDUM well formed pale pink single
Journal (issue)
Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA photomicrography:...AZ 85741 Articles Famous mineral localities: Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria ............................WULFENITE group, 6 cm, from the Stefanie mine at Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. Photo by Werner Lieber. For...ber-D ecem ber, 1 famous mineral localities: Bleiberg Carinthia, Austria Gerhard Niedermayr* Department...hydrozincite and ilsemannite. B INTRODUCTION Bleiberg (the name means “Lead Mountain”) stands prominently
Catalog/List
actually small radiations rather than massive. , some limonite matrix and overall size is a large 3x3 inch £40...central crystal crossing in the middle V10. Kayes Region , Mali £ 18 MAGNETITE excellent lustrous black...3mm over 2x3 inch matrix with minor Hydrozincite Bleiberg Carinthia Austria £6 23. HUNTITE white chalky...GOETHITE with Limonite coating, fairly small scale size dark brown botryoidal with a Limonite coating. (Wheal...looking crystals 2 to 3mm on lx2 massive quartz/limonite Nyiri, Kando Hill, Hungary £7.50 66. STILBITE
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in nature; exampies include the pseudomorphs of limonite after pyrite or siderite, of malachite after native...normally white but which is coloured brown by limonite when decomposed; the whitish dehydrated encrustations... and besides iron sulphates, pure sulphur and limonite, it also produces sulphuric acid. This dissolves...and dolomites; examples include Bytom, Poland; Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium;...solutions. Deposits of this type are found in Bleiberg, Austria; Bytom, Poland; and Joplin County, Missouri
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sediment may now also be found even in the intertidal region and not, as might be expected, only in deep water...both in Italy; Mies (Mezica, Jugoslavia); and Bleiberg-Kreuth (Austria). (See Fig. 1). In the northern...an area of more than 450 km, from Graubunden (Switzerland) in the west to the eastern part of the Austrian...since 1950, on the ores and country rocks of this region. Geological relationships and genetic problems...FRIEDRICH, 1953), these deposits of the so-called “Bleiberg type” were considered to belong to the group of
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in nature\ examples include the pseudomorphs of limonite after pyrite or siderite, of malachite after native...normally white but which is coloured brown by limonite when decomposed; the whitish dehydrated encrustations... and besides iron sulphates, pure sulphur and limonite, it also produces sulphuric acid. This dissolves...and dolomites; examples include Bytom, Poland; Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium;...solutions. Deposits of this type are found in Bleiberg, Austria; Bytom, Poland; and Joplin County, Missouri
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University Library Utrecht] at 09:38 13 March 2015 Bleiberg, Austria Figure 8: Portrait of Franz Xavier von...of central Europe, especially in those around Bleiberg (“Lead Mountain”) in Carinthia, Austria (Niedermayr...von Wulfen (1728-1805), a priest, studied the Bleiberg deposits and their minerals and eventually wrote...Wulfen by Haidinger in 1845 (Mitchell, 1981). Bleiberg was worked before 1300 A.D., and the deposits...Although more than fifty mineral species occur at Bleiberg, these mines are principally known to collectors
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by the mineral kingdom: minium, cinnabar, and limonite (ochre). The black color was soot. By Egyptian...Pseudomorphs of limonite after pyrite are common, since pyrite readily decomposes into limonite (see p. 92)...radiate from a common center (hematite or reniform limonite, Pls. 13, p. 73, and 21 , p. 101). Easily crumbled...rosettes ('desert roses'). Dendrites are moss-like limonite or pyrolusite found along minute flaws in rocks...changes within the crust, covers a wide area, or region. The slaty texture is very marked in the epi- and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits resulted from the oxidation of siderite to limonite in deformed Triassic sediments. --G. E. Denegar...deposits in Poland, chiefly in the Lower Silesia region within the area of the Paleozoic complex of rocks...relating to propylitization processes (Panagyurishte region). The Plakalnica Deposit in Stara Planina The Plakalnica...the Sredna Gora mountains in the Panagyurishte region. This deposit is related to Laramide intrusions...The copper deposits occuring in the Panagyurishte region are related to the comparatively young volcanic
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de Geneve 13, rue des Maraichers 1211 Geneve Switzerland Prof. MARIA BONI Dipartimento di Scienze della...during the preparation of this book. Geneva, Switzerland Napoli, Italy December 1993 L. Fontbote M. Boni...Geoehemometrieal Studies Applied to the Pb-Zn Deposit Bleiberg/Austria E. Sehroll, H. Kürzl, and O. Weinzierl...Mineralogie, rue des Maraichers 13, 1211 Geneve, Switzerland Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita..."Alpine-type" or "Bleiberg-type" is used for lead-zinc deposits in the Eastern Alps, e.g., Bleiberg-Kreuth in
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in nature; examples include the pseudomorphs of limonite after pyrite or siderite, of malachite after native...normally white but which is coloured brown by limonite when decomposed; the whitish dehydrated encrustations... and besides iron sulphates, pure sulphur and limonite, it also produces sulphuric acid. This dissolves...and dolomites; examples include Bytom, Poland; Bleiberg, Austria; Westphalia, FRG; Santander, Spain; Belgium;...solutions. Deposits of this type are found in Bleiberg, Austria; Bytom, Poland; and Joplin County, Missouri
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Rare-earth minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli)...Cassedanne) 8:382-387 Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region, Ontario (by D. G. Ellion) 13:67-70 New data on...Record bookshelf-A Guide to rite Minerals of Switzerland; Connecticut Mines and Minerals; Mineral Collecting...Rare-earth minerals in the Alpine and Subalpine region [Switzerland, Austria and Italy] (by C. M. Gramaccioli)...Seeman) 17: 167181 Famous mineral localities: Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria (by G. Neidennayr) 17: 355-369
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brown iron stains which are usually the mineral limonite. Warm dilute hydrochloric acid is almost as good...general adamite crystals are found in cavities in limonite. V 62 Almandine Fe,Al2(Si04), Garnet group...rock crystal. Finest examples come from central Switzerland, especially from the Binntal, Tavetsch and St...Monteponi and Montevecchio, and at Tavetsch (Switzerland), Derbyshire (England). The Coeur d'Alene district...May fluoresce different colours on heating: Switzerland Crystal system, form and blue-white (Swiss)
Report (issue)
willemite, cerussite, aurichalcite, calcite, “limonite”. Distribution: Widespread. A few localities...localities affording good specimens include: from Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. On Monte Malfidano, near Buggerru
 
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