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Pukanec, Štiavnické Mts, Nitra Region, Slovakia

(Pukanec, Štiavnické vrchy, Nitrianský Kraj, Slovenská Republika)

Au-Ag mining district.
The Pukanec ore district is situated in the Central Slovakia
Neogene Volcanic Field in the SW part of the Banská Štiavnica
stratovolcano. Beginning of mining was in the 14th century.
Maximum of exploitation was in the 15th and the 16th century
and the real end of mining was in the last century.

Ref.:
http://geolines.gli.cas.cz/fileadmin/volumes/volume13/G13-011.pdf





Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
  • Albite
       var: Andesine
       var: Oligoclase
  • Allophane
  • Ankerite
  • Anorthite
    var: Bytownite
       var: Labradorite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Biotite
  • Calcite
       var: Manganoan Calcite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • 'Chalcedony'
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • 'Chrysolite'
  • Cinnabar
  • Cristobalite
  • Dolomite
       var: Ferroan Dolomite
  • Fluorite
  • Galena
  • Goethite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Halloysite
  • Hausmannite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Illite
  • Ilmenite
  • Kaolinite
  • Limonite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Manganite
  • 'Metahalloysite'
  • Montmorillonite
  • Mordenite
  • Muscovite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
  • Opal
    var: Opal-AN
       var: Wax Opal
  • Orpiment
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Romanèchite
  • Rutile
  • Siderite
  • Silver
  • Sphalerite
  • Stibnite
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Tridymite
  • 'Wad'
  • Zircon


    66 entries listed. 41 valid minerals.

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