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Locality Name:
Banská Štiavnica Mining District, Žiar Nad Hronom Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


mindat Locality ID: 228761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Banská Štiavnica Mining District, Žiar Nad Hronom Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Vyhne
Vyhne (Eisenbach)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteEpsomiteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diadochite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11051862793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211051873419
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1105186272
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311051871534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11051863250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11051869052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611051872060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110518611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2105186,10518727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11051864979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22105186,10518727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11051862600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811051871756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11051871025
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O110518681
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611051874135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211051869895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11051878173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1105186484
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11051871188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121105186663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2105186,10518724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu110518630554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311051871544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61105187741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110518714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110518714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110518612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22105186,1051875674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211051875800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110518717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11051862994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211051872273
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)1105186140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1105186716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31105186733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311051861425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22105186,10518739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11051861725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23105186,105187,10518861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211051875614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2105186,1051874894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11051865186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2105186,10518721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411051871934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41105186586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311051863418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211051873337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311051865317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11051874899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211051872562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011051871395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311051871247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11051871025


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