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Sphalerite from
Uranium mine, Forstau, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Uranium mine, Forstau, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:211943
Long-form Identifier:1:3:211943:4
GUID (UUID V4):b6252c7b-bdf9-41c4-9fe0-b87f072fbafc
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Greywacke Zone, Austria: A mineral chemical and infrared fluid inclusion study Henryk Kucha a, Johann G. Raith...Leoben, Peter Tunner-Straße 5, A-8700 Leoben, Austria a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Larzenbach/Hüttau, St. Veit im Pongau, and Mitterberg (all Salzburg Province, Austria). Fluid inclusions...Reviews 35 (2009) 87–100 et al., 1994), the Amelia Mine, Southwest Wisconsin (Kucha and Barnes, 1995) as...siderite mine, 3 Rottenmann, 4–7 Larzenbach/Hüttau, Igelsbach, Giellach, St. Veit im Pongau, 8 Mühlbach
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4744150).The name is for the Arhbar mine in the Bou-Azzer district. A.P. Microprobe analyses from Vuonnemiok...euhedral, hexagonalgrains up to LasambaHill, Kwale district, southof Voi, Kenya, and is found 50 rr.m.It is...Heidelberg.P.J.D. Reflectanceis weak, similar to sphalerite or magnetite. Reflectance measurements rn air...and Ahmeek mines, Michigan as well as the Kamioka mine, Japan from whenceit takesits name.J.D.G. Loudounite*...member of the dufr6nite group. ite from the Ojuela mine, together with kdrtigite and adamite. Type material
Book
n ce Franz J. Dahlkamp Uranium Deposits of the World Europe 123 Uranium Deposits of the World Europe...Europe Franz J. Dahlkamp Uranium Deposits of the World Europe With 327 Figures and 94 Tables Author:...the contributions of his many associates in the uranium industry, national and international institutions...contributed during discussions, field trips, and mine visits. As cited in the text, many colleagues provided...Hruby (Czech Republic), E. Kirchner (Austria), B. Kirchner (Austria), J. KomĂ­nek (Czech Republic), I. Bojkov
Book (edition)
Mineralogisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany...hedenbergite), b) its meaning may shift over time - sphalerite, for instance, was dumped by early miners, while...Polymorphism as, for instance, found in the ZnS system (sphalerite/wurtzite), is often difficult to discern: Changes...replaced by sphalerite. Only under XPL it stands out from the lighter coronal sphalerite overgrowth by...to the next). Left: Galena (lighter grey) and Sphalerite (darker grey). When minimum/maximum values are
Book
Salt miners at work in the Diirrnberg-Hallein mine (1756) (see also comment on copyright page) Mineral...Durrnberg-Hallein mine (1756). Oil painting in the ancient mine office at Hallein Salzburg. The picture was...occasion of a visit to the mine by the Prince Bishop Sigmund III. of Salzburg on 5th of May 1756 (bottom...At the top of the painting and on the steps are mine surveyors and a miner at work. Note the romantic...heldatBled/Yugoslavia 3-7, 1977, held at Leoben/ Austria 5-10,1981, held at Berchtesgaden/Bavaria, FRG
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tetrahedrite solidsolution series in the Schwarzwald ore district (SW Germany): The role of mineralization processes...(‘fahlore’) from 78 locations in the Schwarzwald ore district of SW Germany. Electron microprobe analysis is...fahlore, tennantite, tetrahedrite, Schwarzwald ore district, Black Forest, hydrothermal mineralization. Introduction...2004). Geological setting The Schwarzwald ore district (SW Germany) is part of the European Variscan...granites in 310 FAHLORE FROM THE SCHWARZWALD ORE DISTRICT The investigated occurrences and their characteristic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal zinc-lead deposit. Here occur: galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, jamsonite, bournonite, pyrite... arsenic, polybasite, bizmuth, heidenbergite, uranium minerals and others. Some locations are found around...Harz mountains, hydrothermal lead-zinc deposits: sphalerite xls, tetrahedrite, galena xIs, bournonite, calcite...olsendorf (calcite xIs, barite xIs, fluorite, uranium minerals). Hag644 endorf (vivianite, triphylite...Czechoslovakia, important mineral locality; here occur uranium minerals, proustite, pyrargyrite, saflorite and
Book
Frontcover Upper left: The observatory at Kremsmunster. Austria. which houses the mineral collection. Upper right:...mineralogical cabinet of the convent at Kremsmunster, Austria. The . specimens a~e displayed m baroque furniture...important mineralogical museums in Western Europe Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany (Federal...half are in Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly...universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part
Journal (issue)
Manager Thomas P. Moore COVER: PROUSTITE, 3.5 cm, from St Andreasberg. Germany, found in 1899; ex collection...number 3, May–June, 2017 Contents The St. Andreasberg Mining District, Western Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen............................................ 407 Johann Caspar Zeisig the Mysterious “Minerophilo Freibergensi”...working in the lode” (Simonin, 1869). The Mining District Western Harz Mountains Niedersachsen, Germany...minrecord@comcast.net The geographically tiny St. Andreasberg District of silver mines has an outsized reputation:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
live in Germany, the other 10% live in Holland, Austria, Switzerland and many other countries of Europe..."Schalenblende", a mixture of crypto-crystalline, banded sphalerite, wurtzite, smithsonite, hemimorphite. Most of...not far from the Rhine River, with the abandoned mine "Friedrichssegen", which brought out beautiful specimens...another mine of the same type, called "Rosenberg" near Braubach, hydrothermal lead-zinc mine. Excellent...village a few miles south of Heidelberg. Lead-zinc mine of metasomatic type. Was more than 1,000 years in
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times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...instance, in various parts of the Austrian Tirol and Salzburg. Much tin ore came from Britain so that brisk...derives its name from the saltmining district of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, where many prehistoric finds have...without causing obvious changes in the mineral. Sphalerite, ZnS, practically always contains some iron,...separate species but remains a variety (p. 29). Sphalerite never contains more than about 20 per cent of
Report (issue)
IAEA TECDOC SERIES Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and Description of Selected Examples ...IAEA-TECDOC-1842 Geological Classification of Uranium Deposits and Description of Selected Examples ...ISSN 1011–4289 @ GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS AND DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED EXAMPLES ...ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS... IAEA-TECDOC-1842 GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS AND DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED EXAMPLES
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec 2: 141-142 AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
indirectly (e.g., alteration of mine tunnel walls; weathering products of mine dumps and slag). A second human...occurrences Number of localities I. Mine-associated (“post-mine”) minerals Formula Type locality; other...Dandy mine, Paradox Valley, Montrose County, Colorado Metadelrioite 2 SrCa(VO3)2(OH)2 Jo Dandy mine, Paradox...Finistère, France Schuetteite 15 Hg3O2(SO4) Ocean mine dump, San Luis Obispo County, California Smrkovecite...Ni5(CO3)4(OH)2·4–5H2O 132 North mine, Widgiemooltha, Australia B. Alteration phases associated with mine tunnel walls Adolfpateraite
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composed of 92 chemical elements, from oxygen to uranium. Of the known minerals only a small number — some...another large group of minerals, such as the dark sphalerite, cassiterite, rutile, etc., it is rather difficult...is harder (6) than chalcopyrite (4.5). Black sphalerite and black cassiterite display the same submetallic...by their degree of hardness. The hardness of sphalerite is 3.5, and of cassiterite 6.5. A supplementary...distinctive feature may be the frequent association of sphalerite with other sulphides, and of cassiterite with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wittichen Co–Ag–Bi–U mining area (Schwarzwald ore district, SW Germany) hosts several unconformity-related...and djurleite besides native Bi, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena and tennantite. The mineral-forming fluid...Mainz, Germany Introduction The Schwarzwald ore district (SW Germany) hosts a large number of polymetallic...exploration campaigns for cobalt (1935–1959) and uranium (1949–1979), the old mines were partly reopened...Metz 1955; Walenta 1987), focussed on a specific mine or mineralization style (Mehnert 1949; Metz 1952;
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composed of 92 chemical elements, from oxygen to uranium. Of the known minerals only a small number — some...another large group of minerals, such as the dark sphalerite, cassiterite, rutile, etc., it is rather difficult...is harder (6) than chalcopyrite (4.5). Black sphalerite and black cassiterite display the same submetallic...by their degree of hardness. The hardness of sphalerite is 3.5, and of cassiterite 6.5. A supplementary...distinctive feature may be the frequent association of sphalerite with other sulphides, and of cassiterite with
Book
block I experienced recently when visiting a gold mine in virtually unmetamorphosed ground. A fault cuts..."common sense" observations described from the gold mine with the chert and the organic matter. Another potent...Hydrothermal Alterations of Conglomeratic Uranium Ores, Pronto Mine, Ontario, Canada E.Wm. Heinrich (With...Isotopic Composition of Lead in Galenas in the Uranium Ores at Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada W. Scott Meddaugh...Comparison and Bearings on the Genesis of Gold-Uranium Placers R. Saager, T. Utter, and M. Meyer (With
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Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous
Catalog/List
.... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on limonite gossen...silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite . ...Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite PERICLINE Italy, Austria, Switzerland...Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass in quartz...magnesium silicate Canada Heath Lake, Smallwood mine ~e, light brown prismatic crystalline aggregate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
times (HILDEBRANDT 2004). Today, only the Clara mine near Oberwolfach is still actively exploiting three...the Buntsandstein sediments (e.g. the Käfersteige mine, MEYER et al. 2000). In addition, the Triassic sediments...predominantly consisting of galena with subordinate sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and tennantite-tetrahedrite...the mines Ludwig im Adlersbach (Hausach), Baberast (Haslach), Grßndenwald, Birkenberg (St. Ulrich) and Schweizergrund... Schwarzwald District Haslach, Baberast (SBB3) Sulzburg, Schweizergrund (SKG10) St. Ulrich, Grßndenwald
Journal (issue)
Institute of Romania Essaid Bilal, Ecole des Mines, St. Etienne, France M. S. Pandian, Pondicherry University...Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...metal gold pans, as well as a replica of the famous mine carriage which is considered to be the oldest of...unit. For instance, in BradSăcărâmb metallogenic district, the Au:Ag ratio is relatively uniform (45% to...metallogenic criterion: province, subprovince, district, sector, field/ node (Fig. 2) . 7 Fig. 1. Example
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matrix, was recently found in the vicinity of the Gem Mine (benitoite locality), San Benito County, Calif....for triboluminescent sphalerite is a lead-silver mine in the Silverton district, San Juan County, Colo...Eugene VanderWender, Harrington, Kent County, Del. District of Columbia—French Morgan, of Washington, D. C...another very unusual find of petrified wood, in the District this time, and within a half mile of where I live...Valley View copper mine, So. Skull Canyon near Winsper, Clark County, Idaho. This mine is operated by G
Book (edition)
PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd NEW YORK London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST...of minerals, the minerals themselves are of prime im- portance. Basically, then, mineralogy deals with...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, Mine...Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and large production...and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped
, Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST Color...of minerals, the minerals themselves are of prime imÂŹ portance. Basically, then, mineralogy deals with...Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill End, and...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped
 
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