Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austriai

Regional Level Types
Hopffeldboden	Scree Slope
Hopffeld area	Mineral Occurrence Area
Neukirchen am Großvenediger	Municipality
Zell am See District	District
Salzburg	State
Austria	Country

Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Obersulzbach valley, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Rockslide material, consisting mainly of aplitic gneisses with small miarolitic cavities hosting some rare minerals.

The best finds in the (at that time) fresh material were made in the 1980s.

The Hopffeldboden is an area in the northern part of the Obersulzbachtal near Neukirchen in the Salzburger Land at an altitude of 1080 m above sea level.

The Hopffeldboden is a locality for calcite and euxenite-(Y). Since the ores are close to the surface, many amateur geologists can be found in this area. Every year, new material falls out of the wall due to rock falls.

A car park at Hopffeldboden can now be reached via a paved forest path, which can also be used by private car, from Blausee, not far from the Sulzau district. It serves as a starting point for hikes in the Obersulzbachtal.

You can cross the Obersulzbach on a steel suspension bridge at Hopffeldboden.

Above the head of the valley, several high alpine crossings lead mountain hikers into the neighbouring valleys:

— to the east via the Kürsingerhütte and the Zwischensulzbachtaltörl into the furthest Untersulzbachtal;

— to the southeast over the main Alpine ridge below the Kleinvenediger to the Neue Prager Hütte and further into the East Tyrolean Tauern Valley (Felber Tauern);

— south to the Obersulzbachtörl: there is a convenient transition point from the south to the north side of the Vediger Group and thus also into the East Tyrolean Virgental;

— to the southwest via the Krimmler Törl and the Warnsdorfer Hütte into the Krimmler Achental upstream of the Salzach;

Furthermore, the Bettlersteig from the Berndlalm connects the Obersulzbachtal with the Untersulzbachtal.

Notes on the mineral list:

— milarite and kainosite-(Y) are not reported from the Hopffeldboden. Their occurrence in this area is restricted to the nearby Hopffeldgraben, which is listed as a separate locality.

— The mention of vaterite as the only location in Austria is due to a misidentification.

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopffeldboden
Wikidata ID:	Q27805450

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