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K Feldspar from
Biely vrch, Detva, Detva District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'K Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view K Feldspar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Biely vrch, Detva, Detva District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:847994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:847994:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of K Feldspar
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘŠobov Quarry, Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
38.7km (24.0 miles) ⓘKremnica Au-Ag deposit, Kremnica, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘRozália Mine, Hodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘAbandoned gneiss quarry, Hnúšťa, Rimavská Sobota District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
43.7km (27.2 miles) ⓘÚškrtová Valley, Kopanice, Hodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
44.2km (27.4 miles) ⓘKopanice, Hodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘHodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
45.7km (28.4 miles) ⓘBacúch magnetite deposit, Bacúch, Brezno District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘZlatno, Vysoká, Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
49.3km (30.6 miles) ⓘLazy ore occurrence, Prochot, Žiar nad Hronom District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
References
Koděra P., Lexa J., Biroň A., Bakos F. (2008): Mineralogy and alteration pattern of the Biely Vrch Au-porphyry deposit, Slovakia. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 32, 94-95.
Kodera, Peter; Majzlan, Juraj; Pollok, Kilian; ŠIMKO, František (2025) Vegrandisite (BaCl2) a new mineral from salt melt inclusions from the Biely Vrch porphyry gold deposit, Slovakia. Journal of Geosciences, 70. 189-197 doi:10.3190/jgeosci.35.25
 
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