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Chalcocite from
Copper mine, Gunzenreitergraben, Leogang, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper mine, Gunzenreitergraben, Leogang, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:238785
Long-form Identifier:1:3:238785:7
GUID (UUID V4):af569813-afc7-4931-aea3-4985fdf5fdd5
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a new mineral from the Leogang mining district, Salzburg province, Austria C. L. Lengauer1, G. Giester1...Universit€at Wien, Austria Institut f€ur Mineralogie, Universit€at Salzburg, Austria Received November...Cu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6  8H2O, was found on sample material from mine dumps of the Danielstollen and Inschlagalm in the...part of the polymetallic ore district of Leogang, Salzburg province, Austria. It is intergrown with olivenite...nickel, cobalt, and copper from the 15th to 19th century, the mining district of Leogang was also known for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu ore deposit RöhrerbĂŒhel, KitzbĂŒhel (N-Tyrol, Austria) Martin Steiner, Peter Tropper, Franz Vavtar, Reinhard...mining district of Schwarzleo near Leogang (Salzburg), ca. 25 km southeast of the mining district RöhrerbĂŒhel...contrast to the analyses from the Sedmochislenitsi mine in Bulgaria by ATANASSOV & KIROV (1973), our data...and slightly lower Hg contents. Balkanite from Leogang analysed by PAAR & CHEN (1986) can be distinguished...al. 2004, MARTINEK & SYDOW 2004) and Mitterberg/Salzburg (HERDITS & LÖCKNER 2004, PAAR 1997, PAAR & MRAZEK
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
853–861 Gortdrumite, Cu24Fe2Hg9S23, from Leogang, Salzburg, Austria: crystal structure and revision of the...Pezoltgasse 46, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria TIWAG, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz 2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria [Received 1...crystal structure of the mineral gortdrumite, a rare copper-mercury-iron sulfide, was solved using intensity...using a crystal from the Neuschurf adit, Leogang, Salzburg, Austria. This study revealed that the structure...these contacts are discussed in relation with other copper sulfides, intermetallics and pure metals. Electron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria ANDREW C. ROBERTS Geological...Mineralogy, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria ABSTRACT Putzite, chemically...dumps near the Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Department of AndalgalĂĄ, Catamarca Province,...that contains putzite is composed of bornite, chalcocite, sphalerite, tennantite, wittichenite, thalcusite... 1 mm, embedded in a matrix of predominantly chalcocite with relics of bornite. The mineral is opaque
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
containing primary copper sulfides are exposed to near-surface weathering environments: chalcocite and the somewhat...the voluminous literature describing the world’s copper-bearing ore deposits testifies. Nevertheless, fine...discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite has been featured in...is commonly massive and foliated. Covellite is copper sulfide (CuS) with small amounts of iron often...alteration of a variety of copper minerals and as pseudomorphs after chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
group of polymetallic veins linked to a porphyry copper that shows a crude temperature zonation away from...rhyolite. The ore paragenesis is composed of galena, chalcocite, native silver, chalcopyrite, and bornite, along...galena – rhombic chalcocite, with irregular stromeyerite inclusions in the rhombic chalcocite, are present...free of silver and copper; (ii) the heterogeneities observed in Pb-free chalcocite are produced by variable...despite its differences in origins; and, (iv) little copper is observed either in the native silver or in sphalerite
Report (issue)
in sulfide copper deposits. Rarely of primary hydrothermal origin. Widespread in most copper deposits;...on other sulfides. Association: Chalcopyrite, chalcocite, djurleite, bornite, enargite, pyrite, other...from the Calabona mine, Alghero, Sardinia. At Bor, Serbia. From Leogang, Salzburg, Austria. At Dillenburg...Caucasus Mountains, Russia. In the Bou-Skour mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. In the USA, from Butte, Silver...Summitville, Rio Grande Co., Colorado; in the La Sal district, San Juan Co., Utah; a widespread but minor constituent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal structure of balkanite from the San Giovanni mine, Sardinia, Italy, has been solved by X-ray single-crystal...balkanite; crystal structure; sulïŹdes; copper; silver; mercury; San Giovanni mine; Sardinia; Italy. rre 6 1...32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Copper, mercury, and silver are common constituents of...(e.g., Grammatikopoulos et al., 2005) can host copper, silver, and mercury, but usually only some of...Sedmochislenitsi Pb–Zn–Cu ore deposit, Vratsa District, Bulgaria, as grains up to 2–3 mm in size or rod-like
Book
stood atop the "mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal...attractiveness. Miners working the Proprietary Block 14 Mine discovered and removed the matrix from its pocket...1886, when he went underground into a Cornish tin mine in search of crystals. During his lifetime he collected
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those people lucky enough to be able to travel to see them; others are in private hands and are seldom...stood atop the “mother” mass of blue-colored rock. A mine was started and a shaft was sunk into the rock....crystal, still imbedded in the country rock, to the mine manager, Mr. F. Wells. With his pocketknife Wells...Cullinan in honor of the superintendent of the Premier Mine in which it had been found, it was sold to the Transvaal...attractiveness. Miners working the Proprietary Block 14 Mine discovered and removed the matrix from its pocket
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Greek words for both its major element (copper) and its typical morphology (leaflike). This attractive...compared to other copper arsenates that occur in the supergene weathering zones of copper-bearing ore deposits...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine....occurs sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado (Eckel 1997)...identified widely throughout the Warren mining district but always in small amounts (Palache and Merwin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Karl-Lötsch-Strasse 10, A-4840 Vöcklabruck, Austria Pezoltgasse 46, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria Natural History Museum, Cromwell...catamarcaite, rarely zincobriartite) and bornite, chalcocite, digenite, covellite, sphalerite, tennantite...E Y WO R D S : omariniite, new mineral species, copper-iron-zinc-germanium-sulfide, electron-microprobe...crystal structure, La Rosario vein, Capillitas district, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Introduction OMARINIITE...vein-type Ag-Pb-Zn (-Cu) deposits (e.g. Freiberg district, Saxony, Germany; Höll et al., 2007). The mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Mineralogy), University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A–5020 Salzburg, Austria EMIL MAKOVICKY Geological...mineral is associated with bornite, digenite, chalcocite, covellite, sphalerite, hĂŒbnerite, luzonite,...as a thin rim lining cavities and fractures in chalcocite–bornite ore, and as aggregates, up to 1 mm in...subhedral, intensely twinned grains within digenite – chalcocite – sphalerite ore. The mineral is opaque, grey...(2003–020). Keywords: catamarcaite, new mineral species, copper germanium tungsten sulfide, crystal structure,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Nanniping mines, southeast Dongchuan copper mining district, Dongchuan County, Kunming City Prefecture... bornite, chalcocite, covellite, tennantite, enargite, cuprite, malachite, azurite, copper and brochantite...mineral species, ‘clinotyrolite’, Dongchuan copper mining district, Yunnan, China. Introduction TANGDANITE...and Nanniping mines, southeast Dongchuan copper mining district, Dongchuan County, Kunming City Prefecture...associated with tangdanite are chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, covellite, tennantite, enargite, cuprite and
Journal (issue)
wulfenite and other minerals from the Bwlch-Glas mine, Central Wales ....................151 by R.S.W...people: telephone: COVER: ADAMITE from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mex­ ico; collected in 1981. The...Out-of-print copies are being handled by Si & Ann Frazier (see their ad). replacement copies If replacement copies...approval of the editor. suggestions for authors See Vol. 12, no. 6, pg. 399, or write to the editor for...gathering (likely at a major mineral show), and see to it that projects are completed. Most of the work
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exposed extensive sand and gravel banks. You will see inconspicuous boulders lying about, most of them...pale, reddish spots. Break it open, and you will see a tangled mass of fine, blackishgreen needles with...times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished...production clearly ranked with that of food supplies. Copper and gold were the first known metals. Gold occurs...metal tools were made of copper, occasionally found native, but pure copper is also too soft. Only by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Orogenic-type copper-gold-arsenic-(bismuth) mineralization at Flatschach (Eastern Alps), Austria Johann G...mineralization in the historic Flatschach mining district (Styria, Austria) occurs in a NE–SW to NNE–WSW oriented...Leoben, Leoben, Austria 2 Pezoltgasse 46, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria 3 Salinen Austria AG, Bad Aussee...Aussee, Austria chalcopyrite with pyrite or arsenopyrite. Sericite-carbonate alteration is developed around...(spionkopite, yarrowite), bismuth, and the rare copper arsenides domeykite and koutekite. Gold in stage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...rarity is bornite, a common mineral found in many copper deposits as massive lumps. The scarcity of bornite...collector community, especially the keen collector of copper minerals. The chemical formula for bornite is Cu5FeS4...as exsolution occurs, evidenced by lamellae of chalcocite, chalcopyrite, and digenite. As the temperature...metallic luster. On fresh surfaces, bornite’s color is copper-red to pinchbeck-brown, but it will quickly tarnish
Book (edition)
at Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman; I am indebted for this opportunity and for the assistance...of different ore minerals included in the atlas, I am very much obliged to a number of colleagues, who...Berlin, Germany Graslitzer Str. 5, D-63791 Karlstein am Main, Germany Ludwig-Maximilians UniversitÀt, Department...colours once they occur in their oxidised states: Copper minerals then show green, blue, and sometimes red...pages of this chapter include the following terms (see also explanations chapter): - Strunz Group (Strunz
Catalog/List
Time 8am -9pm) FLUORITE,Rosilare Level.Minerva Mine No 1 ,Cave-in-Rock District.Southem Illonois.Xtl...ÂŁ10 9. SPHALERITE,var.Ruby Blende.Mid-Continent Mine,Pitcher.Oklahoma,USA Rich continuous druse of ruby...free Very attractive D Ml. ÂŁ5 36 MALACHITE,Dolwen Mine,Devils Bridge.Dyfed.Wales Vughy matrix of milky...Matrix free Good D or RF Ml ÂŁ8 39 PYRITE,Nanisivik Mine,Baffin Island.North West Territory,Canada Xtl group...calcite Pretty RF or D TN ÂŁ6 40. COPPER,Corocoro,Bolivia Pure native copper showing dendritic habit Relatively
Journal (issue)
Special issue on the minerals of Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham...(1992-2000) Anderson, D. see INGRAM, S., TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. Aubrey Jones, D. see BRUCE, I. & AUBREY-JONES...localities: Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall, England 20:7-37 Bevins, R. see SOUTHWOOD, M. & BEVINS... D. (1999) Famous mineral localities: Ting Tang mine, Gwennap, Cornwall 19:18-23 CLARK, A.M. (1998) Earth's...P. (1995) Crystallized Enargite from the Gregory mine, Ashover, Derbyshire 15:28-29 DAY, B. (1998) Collecting
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P E R M I N I N G IN E U R O P E Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe 5500–500 bc W I L L I A M O ’B...Europe some 8,000 years ago, the ability to produce copper marked a new stage in the human relationship with...conducted on some ïŹve millennia of prehistoric copper mining in Europe. There is a broad-ranging look...achievement. The study commences with the oldest known copper mines in Europe, dating to the sixth and ïŹfth millennia...Balkans. It examines the record of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) and Bronze Age mining for many parts of Europe
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museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...minerals of an element which always forms cations (copper or sodium are examples) you need to look through...for the study of crystals; if we take a cube we see that there can be straight lines drawn through the...as coming out of the equatorial edges. We can now see that crystals can be quite precisely classified even...planes of weakness, especially in twinned crystals (see below). It is particularly common in the corundum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposit in the Polkowice-West Mine, Lubin-Sieroszowice Mining District, Poland Received: 19 November...the Lubin-Sieroszowice district lies 0.0 to 1.5 m below the stratabound copper-silver orebody, mainly...mainly in the Polkowice-west mine. The deposit extends over 60 km2, has a thickness of 20±80 cm and a conservative...with minor amounts (up to 0.4 vol%) of hematite, chalcocite, digenite, djurlite, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite...carbon-bearing sediments. At the Polkowice-west mine, but only where gold is present, this zone is characterized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2012 Olivenite TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, OSHIKOTO REGION, NAMIBIA H ydrothermal copper deposits are dominated...dominated in their primary mineralogy by copper-bearing sulfide minerals such as chalcopyrite. When these deposits...2005), the sulfides become unstable and oxidize. Copper released from this reaction can form a plethora...“supergene” minerals, ranging from simple native copper and copper oxides to complex secondary minerals such...specimen of olivenite from the worldfamous Tsumeb mine in Namibia, where attempts at specimen mining have
 
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