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Kolársky vrch, Pezinok, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Latitude: 48°19'11"N
Longitude: 17°13'40"E
Kolársky vrch, Pezinok, okres Pezinok, Bratislavský kraj, Slovenská Republika

One of the largest hydrothermal antimony deposits in Slovakia. Small-scale mining of antimony started in 1790 and after some breaks finally stopped in 1991 for economic reasons. The deposit is famous for excellent kermesite specimens.

Mineral List

Albite
Allophane
Ankerite
Antimony
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Berthierite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Boulangerite ?
Brandholzite
Calcite
Cervantite
Chalcopyrite
Chapmanite
Destinezite
Diadochite
Dolomite
Garavellite
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Gudmundite
Gypsum
'Halloysite'
Hematite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
Löllingite
Malachite
Marcasite
Opal
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'

Rutile
Schafarzikite
Scheelite ?
Scorodite
Sénarmontite
Siderite
Slavíkite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sulphur
Tetrahedrite
Tripuhyite
Valentinite


52 entries listed. 49 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

- Paděra K., 1956: Nálezová správa o výskytu gudmunditu FeSbS v Malých Karpatech. Čas. Mineral. Geol., 1, 2, 151. (in Czech)
- Cambel B., 1959: Hydrotermálne ložiská v Malých Karpatoch, mineralógia a geochémia rúd. Acta Geol. Geograph. Univ. Comen., Geol. č. 3, 348. (in Slovak)
- Dadák V., 1983: Antimonem bohatý arzenopyrit z ložiska Pezinok v Malých Karpatech. Čas. pro min. a petr., 28, 1, 89-92. (in Czech)
- Polák S., 1983: Chapmanit z Pezinka. Mineralia Slovaca, 15, 5, 468. (in Slovak)
- Andráš P. & Chovanec V., 1985: Identifikácia niektorých hypergénnych minerálov na ložisku Sb rúd Pezinok. Miner. Slovaca, 17, 5, 335–337. (in Slovak with English abstract)
- Polák S., 1988: Ešte raz o chapmanite. Mineralia Slovaca, 20, 5, 475–476. (in Slovak)
- Andráš P., Jeleň S., Caňo F., 1993: Výskyt Bi–mineralizácie na ložisku Pezinok. Mineralia Slovaca, 25, 3, 221–223. (in Slovak with English abstract)
- Andráš P., Jeleň S., Nagy G., Švecová L., 1993: Rýdzi antimón na ložisku Pezinok–Kolársky vrch. Mineralia Slovaca, 25, 4, 282–284. (in Slovak)
- Andráš P., Caňo I., Stankovič J., 1998: Prejavy Ni–mineralizácie na ložisku Pezinok. Mineralia Slovaca, 30, 5, 309–310. (in Slovak with English abstract)
- Uher P., 1990: Skorodit z Sb ložiska Pezinok. Mineralia Slovaca, 22, 451-454. (in Slovak with English abstract)
- Chovan M., Rojkovič I., Andráš P., Hanas, P. (1992): Ore mineralization of the Malé Karpaty Mts. (Western Carpathians). Geol. Carpath., 43, 5, 275-286.
- Dill H. G., 1998: Evolution of Sb mineralisation in modern fold belts: a comparison of the Sb mineralisation in the Central Andes (Bolivia) and the Western Carpathians (Slovakia). Miner. Deposita, 33, 359-378.
- Uher P., Michal S., Vitáloš J., 2000: The Pezinok Antimony Mine, Malé Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia. Mineralogical Record, 31, 153-162.
- Trtíková S., 2001: Nové sekundárne minerály pyritových a Sb-Au ložísk okolia Pezinka. Minerál, 9, 1, 21-22. (in Slovak)
- Andráš P., Kotulová J., Hašková A., Luptáková J., 2002: Origin and evolution of ore-forming fluids at Pezinok-Kolársky Vrch Sb deposit (Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Slovak Geol. Mag. 8, 159-169.
- Ozdín D. & Gregor M., 2004: Cinabarit z metabazitov ložiska Pezinok – Kolársky vrch. Miner. Slov., 36, 3-4, 380. (in Slovak)
- Ozdín D., Sečkár P., Števko M., 2008: Nové nálezy minerálov z Pezinku v Malých Karpatoch. Minerál, 16, 6, 528-533. (in Slovak)
- Majzlan J., Lalinská B., Chovan M., Bläβ U., Brecht B., Göttlicher J., Steininger R., Hug K., Ziegler S., Gescher J., 2011: A mineralogical, geochemical, and microbiogical assessment of the antimony- and arsenic- rich neutral mine drainage tailings near Pezinok, Slovakia. Am. Min., 96, 1, 1-13.
- Ozdín D., 2012: Minerály Sb na ložisku Kolársky vrch v Malých Karpatoch. Minerál, 20, 2, 154-164. (in Slovak)
- Števko M., Tuček P., Vitáloš J., 2012: Nález brandholzitu na antimonitovom ložisku Pezinok-Kolársky vrch. Minerál, 20, 2, 165-167. (in Slovak)
- Stevko M., Tucek P., Vitálos J. (2012): Pezinok: Die weltbesten Kermesite und Brandholzite aus der Slowakei. Lapis 37 (10), 40-41, 56-57; 90 (in German).

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