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Copper from
Brandberg, Sankt Peter-Freienstein, Leoben District, Styria, Austria


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Azurite1 photo of Copper associated with Azurite at this locality.
Cuprite1 photo of Copper associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brandberg, Sankt Peter-Freienstein, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:682397
Long-form Identifier:1:3:682397:9
GUID (UUID V4):0d6dc63d-e4cc-4700-8817-62c08f6c8426
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
10.9km (6.7 miles) Lobminggraben quarry, Lobminggraben, Sankt Stefan ob Leoben, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
14.5km (9.0 miles) Preg, Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld, Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
15.4km (9.6 miles) Gulsen, Sankt Marein-Feistritz, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
18.4km (11.4 miles) Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
22.9km (14.3 miles) Gotthardi adit, Teichen Mine, Langteichengraben (Lange Teichen), Kalwang, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
23.9km (14.8 miles) Upper Topenauer adit, Notberg, Guggenbach, Übelbach, Graz-Umgebung District, Styria, Austria
28.3km (17.6 miles) Breitenau Mine, Hochlantsch, Breitenau am Hochlantsch, Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District, Styria, Austria
29.1km (18.1 miles) Cu deposit (Schönberg), Flatschach, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
29.5km (18.3 miles) Weißenbach district (Flatschachgraben; Weißenbachgraben), Cu deposit (Schönberg), Flatschach, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
30.0km (18.6 miles) Flatschach, Spielberg, Murtal District, Styria, Austria
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
erous limestone of Angleur, Liege, Belgium, in a district of o_ld zinc and iron mines. It was first de;...28, B, also show differences with both iron and copper radiation. Dr. Stirling B. Hendricks, of the Fixed...photographs illustrating this diffe: ence with a copper target and has furnished negatives for our comparison...photographs using iron radiation. The iron and copper radiat ions, paticula.rly when the [3 lines of...rather tban long and narrow, as in the mountain district~ · an,d possibly the feldspathic rocks ,from which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Nababeep district the structural succession comprises (Benedict et al., 1964): Brandberg gneiss; Springbok...thermal dome (Joubert, I97 I, p. I23). The Nababeep district lies on the western Side of its culmination and... some years ago, the geologists of the O'okiep Copper Company recorded sapphirine-bearing rocks in the...South Africa. z Montanistische Hochschule, Leoben, Austria (formerly Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut...(Dnormalization*). f. Sandy argillite, Lomagundi district, Rhodesia (Phaup, 1973, P. 194), recalculated
Book
South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia...Namibia washandedoverby exporterof diamonds, uranium, copper, the Unitedof Nations for administration lead,zinc...miningengineerWalter Barth,becamethe headof the copper,lead, and vanadium minesin the valley of Otavi...GermanSouth-WestAfrica. Fromthere, he also visited the lead, copper, and zinc minesin Tsumeb,the copperdeposit near...Together with Stollreither he published a paper on the copper deposits of Namibia (VOIT &STOLLREITHER 1904) in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTRACT The metamorphic sequence in the Nababeep district of Namaqualand is considered in terms of major...isotopic and petrogenetic study of the Nababeep district of Namaqualand (see Fig. 1), in an effort to define...intrusive rocks of the area. Nababeep District The Nababeep district is largely underlain by a sequence...hornblende granulite subfacies in the Nababeep district (Fig. 1) and pyroxene granulite subfacies to the...south-westwards from the Orange River and the Prieska district (Fig. 1). From all these data Joubert (ibid.,
Journal (issue)
from a basalt. I also saw some amethyst from Brandberg in Namibia -you may think ·'so what, kiddo", but...amethyst and unusual quartz specimens labeled "Brandberg" have been known at least since 1936 (Schneider...from near Tafelkop in the Goboseb Mountains. Brandberg is a granite intrusion, Goboseb Mountains carry...years "Brandberg" has been code for "Goboseb" but amethyst has really been found in Brandberg; a couple...the locality), Namibian collectors amethyst in Brandberg in the 1960s. and recently (about April 2004)
Report (issue)
Byzantine transforming the portrait into that of St. Peter) Treasury of Sainte-Chapelle, Cabinet des Medailles...Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia Peter Lyckberg collection, Jeff Scovil photo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... The chapel was built between 1344 and 1364 by Peter Parler and was decorated in 1372 and 1373. Pedro...the royal regalia of many countries, including Austria, Denmark, England, the Holy See, Italy, Norway...scepters Onyang, South Korea Nekemte, Ethiopia Brandberg, Namibia Cavities in iron-skams up to and exceeding
Journal (issue)
Mortimer Peter Hay John Pearce Tony Lee Peter Moore Austin Woodbridge OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES Peter Moore...Orchard Cottages Norton Lanel NORTON Kent ME90EX Peter Moore Royal Russell School Coombe Lane CROYDON CR95BX...easy as it sounds. In Tsumeb, for example, John, Peter Moore and Mike spent two hours searching for Vitec...2002 Figure 3. Geology of the Otavi Mountain District ~ ,. .,, . rr '"' , ;;..._-r~,rr;;-:8 1...but it closed in 1998, following rapidly falling copper prices and a disastrous strike in 1996. The mining
Report (issue)
are recovered from the oxidation zone of a small copper deposit in rocks of the Abenab Subgroup of the...Pyrophyllite formed within the thermal aureole of the Brandberg Alkaline Complex and sodalite is a constituent...scale to the north of Rossing Siding, Swakopmund District (Martin, 1965). The mineral has also been reported...Marmor Pforte 37, Swakopmund District. On Neuhof 100 in the Maltahohe District, amazonite is found in granitic...the homestead on the farm Donkerhuk 91, Karibib District (DeKock, 1935; Biirg, 1942). Forming the crest
Report (issue)
Zeolites, datolite, pectolite, calcite, epidote, copper. Distribution: Numerous localities worldwide;...Hope, Cape Province, South Africa. From Copper Valley, Brandberg Mountains, Namibia. In France, from La...Isµ ere. From Habachtal, Salzburg, and Ankogel, Austria. At Radauthal, near Harzburg, Harz Mountains, Germany...quarry, Bombay, Maharashtra, India. In Copper Valley, Brandberg Mountains, Namibia. Around Coonabarabran
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
east and southeast of G’okiep, in the Nababeep District (Fig. 1). The grade of metamorphism increases...and JOU~ERT (ibid.) proposed that the Nababeep District constitutes the focal point of a major, regional...existence of economic copper mineralization in the area, the Nababeep District has been mapped in great...geologists of the operating company (the O’okiep Copper Company; BENEDICT rt al.. 1964) who recognized...1. Generalized geological map of the Nababcep District ii/. 11964)]. rocks of the Ratelpoort synform
Journal (issue)
des Crétêts 149. 10-18/10-17 h. Beurs (M-F). CH SANKT GALLEN. Kreuzbleiche-Turnhalle. 11-18/10-17 h. Beurs...KEMPTEN/ALLGÄU. Hochland, Prälat-Götz-Str. 2. Beurs. LEOBEN-LERCHENFELD. Pfarrheim. 9-17 h. Beurs (M). ...enkel in de naburige staat Nevada (Fish Creek district, Eureka County) en in Bad Ems, Nassau, Duitsland...mine, Red Cloud mine, Padre Kino mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains. Geonieuws 30(3), maart 2005...en kwarts-XX • Nevada o Eureka Co. : Fish Creek district o Duitsland Bad Ems, Nassau, Rheinland-Pfalz
Journal (issue)
9-14 h. Beurs (M). SANKT-PÖLTEN. Volksheim Sankt-Pölten-Spratzern, Eisenbahnerstraße...Rötzgraben, Trofaiach Oxyplumbomoreit vom Brandberg bei Leoben 52 "Lößkindl" aus dem Steinbruch Christandl...mineral species polymorphic with szenicsite, from Copper Creek, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA  LAPIS 37(2),...16-23 Calcite aus der Sweetwater-Mine, Viburnum District 24-32 Zwillingsbildungen, Epitaxien und Pseudomorphosen...deposit, Sugarloaf Peak, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA (Jones
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 22:02 07 January 2015 Goboboseb Mountains Brandberg Region, Namibia BRUCE CAIRNCROSS Department of...been collected in the past few decades in the Brandberg region, Namibia. Excellent quartz specimens display...of Namibia, particularly from Erongo and the Brandberg region. 442 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 1. A group...minerals and mineral deposits (Schneider 2001). The Brandberg Mountain is no exception. It is an imposing feature...above sea level at its highest peak, Königstein. Brandberg is German for “burnt mountain,” and the local
Journal (issue)
" Terry Denney Allan Mortimer Peter Hay John Pearce Tony Lee Peter Moore Austin Woodbridge OTHER...Journals Equipment Loans Co-ordinator Web Master Peter Moore John Pearce Kathleen Hassall John Hall Derek...Orchard Cottages Norton Lanel NORTON Kent ME90EX Peter Moore Royal Russell School Coombe Lane CROYDON CR9...Rogers, Ken Fitch, John Pearce, Donald Barratt, Peter Moore and current chairman Roger Kemplen. · The...nothing but the best specimens. Next to talk was Peter Hay, who joined the Society during the 90's from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
© by Springer-Verlag 1976 The Copper Deposits of the O'Okiep District, South Africa: New Data and Concepts...Concepts E. F. Stumpfl Montan-Universit~t Leoben (formerly, Mineralogisch-Petrcgraphisches institut, Universit~t...Springbok, 8240, South Africa The copper deposits of the O' okiep District rank amongst the top three S....extension of the 1200 m.y. Kibaran orogenic belt. Copper mineralization is linked to cross-cutting bodies...exsolution lamellae contain up to 14% ZnO. The copper sulphides occur as granular aggregates with silicates
Book (volume)
Minas Gerais, Brazil, 27 Azurite (with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, 12 Tsumeb...China, 26 Chalcocite Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Connecticut, 12 Copper Calumet Mine, Houghton Co....58 Epidote Knappenwand Mine, Untersulzbachtal, Austria, 30 Fluorite Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois...Pseudoboleite Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía, Boleó District, Mexico, 33 Pyrite Quiruvilca, Peru, 40 Pyromorphite...Guangxi Prov., China, 32, 57 Quartz (Amethyst), Brandberg, Namibia, 41 (Japan Law Twin), Collier Creek Mine
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...sulfate). Azurite (blue copper carbonate) can react to form malachite (green copper carbonate). If malachite...of malachite and blue of azurite are both due to copper, an element that can produce different colors in...impurities. Blue and green specimens contain traces of copper, pink examples contain cobalt, and yellow ones...metallic luster and opaqueness of metals. Gold and copper absorb and re-emit orange to red colors of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
suggest mines have been established in the O'okiep District in the a crustal-melt source for the intrusive...fades metamorphism in the O'okiep District is The two principal copper-producing areas in South recorded...and by (1197 + 15) -Ma-old inher- O'okiep Copper District of the Cape Province. Of ited cores of zircons...believed to be because of the long history of informal copper workreflected by their Rb-Sr whole-rock age of...zircon grains Springbok (then Springbokfontein) copper mine and zircon rims from the Koperberg Suite records
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Arizona] at 22:28 12 June 2016 Brandberg, Namibia M afk lava flows have long supplied...unusual 9.5-cm prehnite specimen from west of Brandberg, Namibia, is typical of the best material produced...crystal aggregates, at numerous localities in the copper-bearing basaltic lavas of the Keewenaw Peninsula...small crystals in the Cole shaft of the Bisbee district, Arizona; as somewhat corroded crystals to 3.5...an albitite dike west of Gold Bridge, Lillooct district, British Columbia. Prehnite is reported from many
Journal (issue)
received a lot of attention for its spectacular copper minerals. What may not be so well known is that...the highways are dirt. Secondary roads som etime peter out in a dry river b ed o r dry wash and can be... has been discovered in the Tavagnasco mining district. Piedmont, Italy, as very rare black metallic...u-Analogue of Sterryite from the Tavagnasco Mining District, Piedmont, Italy. Minerals 2016, 6( I), 8. Hardwood... ews More: Santa Fe Mine, Mineral Co., Nevada Peter Mcgaw, pmegaw@ hotmail.com (Edilor ·s note: last
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cuasso al Monte (Southern Alps, Italy) And from Brandberg (Namibia) Figure 2. Group of amethyst scepters...Castelli photo. Figure 1. Sceptered amethyst from Brandberg, 8 × 6 × 5 cm, acquired at the 2015 Munich Show...and as loose crystals has been collected from Brandberg, Namibia. These specimens show a morphology almost...Internet amethyst specimens in pink granite from Brandberg that resemble exceptional crystals from Cuasso...Cuasso al Monte. It should be added that the Brandberg amethysts are of better quality than any of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
complexes and associated mineralisation in Namibia (Brandberg and Erongo) related to the opening of the South...magmatic systems and carbonatites from Namibia (Brandberg, Erongo), South Africa (Kruidfontein, Goudini)...alkaline plutonic and volcano-plutonic complexes, Brandberg and Erongo, respectively and both in Namibia....south-western Africa is shown in Fig. 2. 2.1. Brandberg The Brandberg alkaline complex (Hodgson, 1973; Diehl...province (Ernst and Buchan, 2001) (Fig. 2). The Brandberg complex is an A-type metaluminous to peralkaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen and photo. Novemberficember: Gold, Ten Mile district, Humboldt County, Nevada. Coogan Gold specimen...425-27 Concretions, 266-69 Connecticut, Dayton Road district, 1 10-2 I Connoisseur's Choice, R. B. Cook; Adamite...Manganite, Ilfeld, Harz, Germany, 250-52; Prehnite, Brandberg. Namibia, 178-80; Stibnite, Murray Mine, Elko...Choice; see Media Reviews; Tales from Mexico, 35-37 Copper, pigment, 329; Michigan, 170; Neviida. 405-14;...Announcements, 63-64, 138-39,202-3,280-81.34445 Namibia, Brandberg, prehnite, 178-79 Naumannite, Nevada, 413 Nevada
Journal (issue)
Mortimer Peter Hay John Pearce Tony Lee Peter Moore Austin Woodbridge OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES Peter Moore...Orchard Cottages Norton Lanel NORTON Kent ME9 0EX Peter Moore Royal Russell School Coombe Lane CROYDON CR95BX...from Harrow and Hillingdon, led by SMLS member Peter Taylor, that they arrived at 6.15 a.m. and it was...Show as a whole. Story of the Show was related by Peter Moore after doing a stint on the Mineral Tombola:...each occasion. He bought another 7 tickets .from Peter. The first one was "207" and again he threw it on
Catalog/List
Cumbria. 69x55x42mm. £36 11 crystallised NATIVE COPPER, Mufulira Mine, Mufilira, Zambia. 85x50x20mm. £38...Orange xtls to 10mm. 50x34x22mm. £24 17 AMETHYST, Brandberg, Gobobos, Namibia. 50x32x27mm. £32 18 FLUORITE...Cornwall. Very pure lode vein with small xtl vughs. Ex Peter Golley Colin. 92x44x27mm. £48 21 PHLOGOPITE, Jagdali...Cornwall. Rich and well crystallised with both.Ex Peter Golley Colin. 69x41x35mm. £48 27 FLUORITE, Shangbao
 
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