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Locality Name:
Banská Belá, Banská Štiavnica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


mindat Locality ID: 232508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Banská Belá, Banská Štiavnica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Halčianska Valley
Kamenný Vrch Quarry
Zeolite Occurrence

Latitude: 48°28'18"N
Longitude: 18°56'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.471666666667,18.938055555556

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mg O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611049472060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1104948481
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11049492994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110494861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl110494886



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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