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Quartz from
Šibeničný vrch, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Šibeničný vrch, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1694245
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1694245:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘBrehy quarry, Tekovská Breznica, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘNová Baňa deposit, Nová Baňa, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘRudno nad Hronom-Brehy deposit, Rudno nad Hronom, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘDorothea adit, Pukanec, Levice District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘŠafranica, Pukanec, Levice District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘKalvária quarry, Žarnovica, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘPod Skalou adit, Devičany, Levice District, Nitra Region, Slovakia
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘZlatno, Vysoká, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘHavránkovo, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘNová Anton vein, Hodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
References
Vlasáč, Jozef; Mikuš, Tomáš; Majzlan, Juraj; Števko, Martin; Tuček, Peter (2025) Bonanza-type epithermal Ag-Au mineralisation in Nová Baňa (Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Ore Geology Reviews, 178. 106493 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106493
Mikuš, Tomáš; Vlasáč, Jozef; Majzlan, Juraj; Plášil, Jakub; Sejkora, Jiří; Števko, Martin; Petříček, Václav; Makovicky, Emil (2026) New minerals auropolybasite [Ag15AuSb2S11] and auropearceite [Ag15AuAs2S11]: Implications for the formation of bonanza ores in epithermal systems. American Mineralogist, 111 (2). 289-302 doi:10.2138/am-2025-9806
 
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