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Schwarzache breccia, Magnesite mine, Weißenstein, Fieberbrunn, Kitzbühel District, Tyrol, Austriai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Schwarzache breccia | Outcrop |
| Magnesite mine | Mine |
| Weißenstein | - not defined - |
| Fieberbrunn | Municipality |
| Kitzbühel District | District |
| Tyrol | State |
| Austria | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 26' 17'' North , 12° 34' 56'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hochfilzen | 1,196 (2018) | 4.1km |
| Fieberbrunn | 4,287 (2018) | 5.2km |
| Saalbach | 1,755 (2018) | 6.6km |
| Hinterglemm | 1,104 (2018) | 6.9km |
| Sankt Jakob in Haus | 791 (2018) | 7.3km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vereinigte Mineraliensammler Österreichs Landesgruppe Salzburg | Bramberg, Salzburg | 26km |
This breccia is 20–40 m thick and contains primarily light grey dolostone (of the Spielberg dolostone group in the south) but also red flaser dolostone as well as white quartz pebbles and red felsite clasts. The matrix is the same red sandstone as the main lithology of the Gröden Formation to the north and similar to the Brunnsink breccia. However, the Schwarzache breccia does not contain yellowish magnesite nodules like the Brunnsink breccia. Moreover, similarly to the Brunnsink breccia, hollow dolostone clasts are partly transformed to magnesite (i.e., magnesitized) and covered internally by acicular aragonite. The magnesite of the Schwarzache breccia is partly redolomitized (Dolomite 2). Like in the mines, this redolomitization is accompanied by anhydrite formation and finally calcite partly replaces Dolomite 2 before aragonite formed as the last carbonate in hollow clasts. Apart from the carbonates and the anhydrite there are also minor amounts of authigenic quartz in the redolomitized parts.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Magnesite | 5.AB.05 | MgCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anhydrite | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Phyllosilicate' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Magnesite | MgCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Magnesite | MgCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Magnesite | MgCO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Austria
- Kitzbühel AlpsMountain Range
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- AlpsAccretionary Complex
EuropeContinent
- The AlpsMountain Range
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References
[1]Hampl, Ferdinand J.; Bertrandsson Erlandsson, Viktor; Feichter, Monika; Rantitsch, Gerd; Tropper, Peter; Bakker, Ronald J.; Arató, Róbert; Weilbold, Julia; Schuberth, Gerald; Werdenich, Manuel; et al. (2026) Formation of carbonate-hosted magnesite in the Eastern Alps: Insights from the Hochfilzen mining district (Austria). Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 290. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2026.108177
