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Locality Name:
Nová Baňa Deposit, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


mindat Locality ID: 12664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12664.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nová Baňa Deposit, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°25'44"N
Longitude: 18°38'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.428888888889,18.6425

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeFeldspar
GarnetHalotrichiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
OrpimentPharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedriteTridymiteUytenbogaardtiteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunogen  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Ferrosilite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Petrovskaite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6084
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S19038
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Petrovskaite  (*)NoneAuAgS09
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S5018
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2046
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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