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Locality Name:
Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.1

mindat Locality ID: 228087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch)
Horné Hámre
Malá Lehota
Nová Baňa
Rudno Nad Hronom
Veľké Pole
Žarnovica
Župkov

Latitude: 48°28'18"N
Longitude: 18°41'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.471666666667,18.699722222222
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBournonite
BrochantiteCalciteChabaziteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDundasiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKobelliteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpiment
PavonitePharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteUytenbogaardtiteVesuvianiteWoodwarditeZircon

147 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Dantopaite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hammarite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ice  (*)Inesite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Kupčíkite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Lindströmite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Makovickyite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montanite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Mummeite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Padĕraite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Petrovskaite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zincowoodwardite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S13.410.19105152,105153,105154,105156,105161,105162,105164,105173,1051762793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS313.410.12105152,105163315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS13.410.11105163312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)13.410.13105152,105163,1051738803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O13.410.12105152,105157470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311051732353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe13.410.11105163489
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O13.410.13105152,105173,105174272
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)13.410.12105157,1051642734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)213.410.15105163,105167,105168,105173,1051763092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)13.410.12105152,1051731036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)413.410.12105159,105165708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)13.410.15105152,105156,105164,105172,1051733250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11051739052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O613.410.13105152,105160,1051732060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)213.410.14105152,105159,105161,1051635509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13.410.18105152,105154,105155,105156,105161,105163,105164,10517611547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1213.410.1110516345
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1613.410.1110516350
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S313.410.111051631935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)13.410.11105152716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS413.410.13105154,105161,1051635516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1113.410.11105152843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS313.410.12105152,1051641089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)613.410.111051571633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13.410.117105152,105153,105155,105156,105157,105159,105160,105161,105163,105164,105165,105169,105173,105174,105176,105178,10518027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211051795171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)13.410.15105152,105157,105161,105164,1051764979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS13.410.1110516342
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O13.410.12105152,105172310
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O13.410.11105152925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S13.410.12105152,1051675707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213.410.119105152,105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105159,105160,105161,105162,105163,105164,105167,105168,105173,105174,105176,105180,10518127198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)413.410.11105152951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11051732600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)813.410.12105160,1051651756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13.410.111051601025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O313.410.111051521797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S513.410.11105152344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS13.410.13105152,105157,1051614165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21105179453
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2413.410.1110516343
Dantopaite  (*)PavoniteAg5Bi13S2213.410.111051633
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S813.410.14105152,105154,105164,105173126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S13.410.12105161,1051631027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O613.410.12105152,1051734135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)213.410.19105152,105155,105163,105164,105165,105167,105169,105173,1051749895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O13.410.1110515797
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS213.410.12105152,105163246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13.410.14105159,105160,105163,1051658173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O13.410.11105152138
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O13.410.13105152,105163,105164484
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS413.410.11105164163
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6110517384
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F13.410.13105165,105180,1051822740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213.410.111051639617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)13.410.13105159,105165,1051731188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1213.410.15105152,105154,105155,105156,105162663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS313.410.12105152,105164105
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1813.410.1110516343
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13.410.113105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105161,105162,105163,105164,105168,105173,105174,10517624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S413.410.11105152192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S913.410.1110516367
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)13.410.14105161,105162,105163,1051737437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13.410.110105152,105154,105155,105156,105161,105162,105163,105164,105173,10517430554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O13.410.11105152188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)313.410.14105159,105160,105161,1051651544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O13.410.13105152,105157,1051646890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O13.410.12105163,105173409
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S913.410.1110516343
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313.410.110105152,105154,105157,105161,105162,105163,105164,105167,105176,10517914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11051761689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te13.410.12105152,105163804
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1913.410.12105152,10517338
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S2213.410.12105152,10516328
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)613.410.111051571066
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O13.410.1110515259
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O13.410.1110515250
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1413.410.11105152784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)613.410.111051522228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)413.410.13105163,105173,1051795591
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S613.410.1110516380
Kupčíkite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S1013.410.1110516311
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O13.410.111051521271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)213.410.12105157,105164987
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1513.410.1110516338
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413.410.15105159,105160,105165,105167,10517914899
Makovickyite  (*)PavoniteCu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S913.410.1110516310
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213.410.110105152,105157,105159,105160,105161,105163,105164,105167,105173,10517612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS213.410.18105152,105155,105156,105161,105162,105163,105173,1051745674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS213.410.12105152,105163252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O13.410.14105152,105163,105173,105174915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS213.410.14105152,105154,105155,105173300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS213.410.111051595800
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)2105180,10518222
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O13.410.12105152,1051731508
Mummeite  (*)PavoniteCu0.58Ag3.11Pb1.10Bi6.65S1313.410.111051639
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213.410.12105163,10517317380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1105173884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1105179471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O13.410.14105152,105172,105173,1051792994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31105173511
Padĕraite  (*)NoneCu7[(Cu,Ag)0.33Pb1.33Bi11.33]S2213.410.12105152,10516310
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S513.410.1110516372
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]13.410.13105152,105162,105164249
Petrovskaite  (*)NoneAuAgS11051739
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe213.410.11105163409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1105173428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)213.410.12105159,1051602273
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S5110517318
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]13.410.111105152,105154,105155,105156,105157,105161,105162,105163,105164,105173,105174716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O13.410.11105157309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS313.410.14105152,105154,105155,105173733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS313.410.110105152,105153,105154,105155,105156,105161,105162,105164,105173,1051741425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213.410.119105152,105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105159,105160,105161,105162,105163,105164,105165,105167,105173,105174,105176,105180,10518139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl13.410.12105152,1051761725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)213.410.11105163771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S813.410.111051659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213.410.122105152,105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105160,105161,105162,105163,105164,105167,105168,105169,105172,105173,105174,105176,105178,105180,105181,10518261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)13.410.13105152,105163,1051641711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)13.410.12105152,105163969
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)213.410.12105161,105164454
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2105172,105173598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)13.410.13105152,105163,1051644894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O13.410.11105164292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)13.410.15105152,105163,105164,105167,1051736417
Silver  (*)CopperAg13.410.14105152,105164,105173,1051765186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)13.410.13105161,105164,1051762473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13.410.113105153,105154,105155,105156,105157,105161,105162,105163,105164,105168,105173,105174,10517621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O413.410.14105152,105159,105160,1051651934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS413.410.17105152,105155,105156,105161,105164,105173,105174586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2105169,105173446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32105169,1051733418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)213.410.111051603337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1313.410.111051521803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S2105180,105182510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1313.410.18105153,105154,105155,105156,105161,105163,105167,1051735317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O13.410.111051604899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O13.410.11105164433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21105179458
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS213.410.13105152,105162,10517346
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1013.410.12105159,1051611395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS313.410.11105163297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO413.410.12105161,1051761655
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)13.410.1110515712
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)13.410.12105152,1051735251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13.410.111051601025


7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00141511.710.1 K-Ar illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00141611.710.511.1±0.6Rb-Sr illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00141712.211.611.9±0.3K-Ar illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen001418121111.5±0.5K-Ar illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00141913.412.212.8±0.6Rb-Sr illite     108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00142012.111.2 K-Armineralization age of deposit      108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 
Kristen00142112.811.2 Rb-Srmineralization age of deposit      108606Rozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre (Hodritsch), Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, SlovakiaRozália MineMelnilov et al. (2009) MGU31_38 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110138Župkov, Žarnovica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakiahttps://rruff.info/R110138

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