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Thorite from
Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Thorite
Formula:Th(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:533592
Long-form Identifier:1:3:533592:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Thorite
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘFriedrich Wilhelm magnetite–pyrite mine, Zbójeckie Skały, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘMichałowice granite quarry, Piechowice, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘKopaniec uranium deposit, Kopaniec, Gmina Stara Kamienica, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘKopki Hill, Jelenia Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘBudniki uranium adit No 21, Budniki, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘBudniki, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
23.6km (14.6 miles) ⓘWołowa Góra, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
37.2km (23.1 miles) ⓘMarkocice Th prospect, Markocice, Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘAndrzej I quarry, Żółkiewka, Gmina Strzegom, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
60.1km (37.3 miles) ⓘGraniczna quarry, Strzegom, Gmina Strzegom, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Pieczka A., Gołębiowska B. 2002: Pegmatites of the Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry: preliminary data on REE-mineralization. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 20, 175-177
Mochnacka, Ksenia; Oberc-Dziedzic, Teresa; Mayer, Wojciech; Pieczka, Adam (2015) Ore mineralization related to geological evolution of the Karkonosze–Izera Massif (the Sudetes, Poland) — Towards a model. Ore Geology Reviews, 64. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.07.001
Kozłowski, A., Matyszczak, W. (2018) Oxygenic bismuth minerals in the NE part of the Karkonosze pluton (West Sudetes, SW Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica, 68(4), 537-554.
Mil, Karolina; Gołębiowska, Bożena; Mikuš, Tomáš; Jeleň, Stanislav; Dimitrova, Dimitrina; Pieczka, Adam; Włodek, Adam (2026) Bismuth mineralisation and trace-element geochemistry of base-metal sulphides at Szklarska Poręba Huta (Variscan Karkonosze granite, SW Poland): implications for metal distribution and hydrothermal evolution. Ore Geology Reviews, 196. p.107502. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107502
 
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