science

Mittersill mine

Mittersill mine is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mittersill mine rather than just read about it. In short: The Mittersill mine (also known as Felbertal Mine) is a large mine located south of the Mittersill town, in the State of Salzburg in western Austria, 30 kilometres (19 mi) South of Kitzbühel and some 340 kilometres (210 mi) southwest of the capital, Vienna. Mittersill is the largest scheelite deposit in Europe, having in 2010 estimated reserves of 6.1 million tonnes of ore grading 0.5% pure tungsten.

Key takeaways

Mittersill mine belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mittersill mine to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mittersill mine from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Mittersill mine (also known as Felbertal Mine) is a large mine located south of the Mittersill town, in the State of Salzburg in western Austria, 30 kilometres (19 mi) South of Kitzbühel and some 340 kilometres (210 mi) southwest of the capital, Vienna. Mittersill is the largest scheelite deposit in Europe, having in 2010 estimated reserves of 6.1 million tonnes of ore grading 0.5% pure tungsten. The mine produces around 500.000 t ore grading 0.3 %WO3, i.e., around 1,200 tonnes of WO3 per year (data from 2010 to 2017) .

History The deposit was discovered in 1967, with production starting in an open pit mine in the eastern field in 1976. Since 1986 only underground mining in the western field is performed.

Geology and ore deposit genesis The Mittersill deposit hosted in Early Palaeozoic metamorphic rocks, mainly in metabasites of the central Tauern Window, which were intruded by numerous granites during the Variscan orogeny (~340–290 Ma) and subsequently metamorphosed during the Alpine orogeny (~30 Ma). Scheelite is accompanied by pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, apatite and beryl; less common are minerals of the tungstenite‐molybdenite solid solution, marcasite, galena, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, pentlandite, magnetite and hematite. Several sulfosaltss, partly of bismuth occur too, as well as native bismuth. The ideas on the genesis of the Mittersill scheelite deposit have strongly changed since its discovery. Whereas in the early days, mainly on the basis of its partly stratiform morphology, the deposit was interpreted as syngenetic and caused by submarine exhalative activity related to Early Paleozoic basaltic rocks, recent authors have accumulated evidences favoring an epigenetic ore formation by hydrothermal fluids derived from a Late Paleozoic granite.

References

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mittersill mine

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mittersill mine claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mittersill mine before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mittersill mine ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mittersill mine

In research: Mittersill mine appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mittersill mine in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mittersill mine is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Mine stubs, Salzburg geography stubs, Tungsten mines in Austria, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mittersill mine outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Mittersill mine” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Mittersill mine in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mittersill mine means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mittersill mine out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mittersill mine in simple terms?

Why does Mittersill mine matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mittersill mine?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mittersill mine.