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Gelnica - Cechy Mines, Gelnica ore belt, Gelnica Co., Košice Region, Slovakia

Latitude: 48°51'27"N
Longitude: 20°55'15"E
Gelnica - Cechy, Gelnica, okres Gelnica, Košický Kraj, Slovenská Republika

Locality consists of several mine dumps after mining and geological exploration of Krížova vein. The surrounding rocks are phyllites and porphyroids. Main vein minerals are siderite, quartz and sulphides (chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite). Primary minerals in the upper parts of vein are oxidized to secondary minerals.

References

- Grecula, P. et al. (1995): Ložiská nerastných surovín Slovenského rudohoria. Zväzok 1. [Mineral deposits of the Slovak Ore Mountains. Volume 1]. Geocomplex, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 829 pp.
- Sejkora J., Ďuďa R., Novotná M., 2001: Minerály oxidační zóny žíly Krížová, Gelnica, Slovenské Rudohorie. Bull. mineral.-petrolog. Odd. Nár. Muz., 9, 121-139.
- Sejkora J. & Ďuďa R., 2003: Kupfermineralien aus Gelnica im Slowakischen Erzgebirge. Lapis, 1, 15-17




Mineral List

Actinolite
Aikinite
Alabandite
Albite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Antlerite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Azurite
Baryte
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cinnabar
Clinoclase
Cobaltite
Copper
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Cosalite
Covellite
Cuprite
Delafossite
Dolomite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
Hematite
Jamesonite
Kaolinite
Kobellite
Langite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Olivenite
Opal
Posnjakite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodonite
Rutile
Schorl
Siderite
Silver
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Tetrahedrite
Violarite
Zinkenite


74 entries listed. 71 valid minerals.

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