Zillertaler Goldschaubergwerk

Goldschaubergwerk Zell am Ziller - Goldschaubergwerk Hainzenberg

Useful Information

Location:	Unterberg 109, 6278 Hainzenberg. A10 (E60) Inntalautobahn between Kufstein and Insbruck, exit Zillertal Achensee. Follow B169 into the Zillertal, in Zell am Ziller turn left on B165, the road to the Gerlos Paß. Meeting point: Schaukäserei beneath the Tierpark am Hainzenberg. (47.221798, 11.896365)
Open:	MAY to JUN daily 11. JUL to AUG daily 9-17, tours every hour. SEP daily 9-17, tours every 2 hours. OCT daily 11:30. [2024]
Fee:	Adults EUR 16, Children EUR 8. [2024]
Classification:	Gold Mine
Light:	Incandescent
Dimension:
Guided tours:	D=2 h.
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	no
Bibliography:	Oskar Schulz, Herbert Wenger (1980): Die Goldlagerstätte Zell am Ziller, Tirol - Eine lagerstättenkundliche Betrachtung Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Band 123 Heft 1: pp 113-141. Wien, September 1980. ISSN 0016-7800. pdf pdf Reinhard Dallinger (2018): Irrungen und Wirrungen um das Gold vom Zillertaler Hainzenberg Der SteiriSche Mineralog 33, S. 44-46. researchgate
Address:	Zillertaler Goldschaubergwerk, Familie Rieser, Unterberg 109, 6278 Hainzenberg, Tel.: 05282-4820. E-mail:
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History

1506	gold mining first mentioned.
17th/18th century	heyday of gold mining.
1945	mine closed.
1996	opened as a show mine.

Geology

The gold deposit is located in the sub-Alpine zone of the Innsbruck quartz phyllite. A 10 to 15 km wide strip from the Wipptal valley via the Zillertal valley to the Kitzbühel Alps consists of phyllitic rocks from the Ordovician, Silurian and Lower Devonian periods. Originally deposited as sediment, the rocks were metamorphosed under high pressure and temperature during mountain formation. The metals were already deposited as sediment. Later, however, the metals were redistributed and enriched during metamorphosis and by basic volcanism.

Description

The Zillertaler Goldschaubergwerk (gold mine Zillertal) is a sort of theme park. The tour starts at the Schaukäserei (cheese production), then the mine with multimedia equipment is visited, on the way back the visitor ride a sort of train, and finally they can visit the zoo. All in all this is a fine thing for children, so it is at least half a day of entertainment for families.

Visitors have to put on protective clothing, before they go underground. In the gallery, an impressive multimedia presentation shows the life of the miners and the work underground. The social and economic environment is also a topic, as are the political conflicts surrounding the mine. The last stop is the miners’ column, where the miners thanked the Mother of God for her protection during their work.