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Evolutionary stages of the Banská Stiavnica caldera and its post-volcanic structures

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The remains of an extensive volcanic apparatus of the Tertiary « subsequent » volcanism have been identified in the Štiavnické pohoric Mts. in the inner belt of the Carpathians. The volcanic apparatus, of stratovolcanic type, was formed during several stages of andesitic and rhyolitic volcanism with two caldera stages.

During the final stage of volcanic activity the central collapsed area was uplifted as a horst, accompanied by the formation of grabens along the periphery of the central updomed area. The fractured zones of the horst periphery, as well as zones bordering separate subsided blocks of the central area became the sites of economic ore mineralization, with the formation of lead, zinc, copper, gold, and silver bearing veins.

In the uplifted central block intrusions of diorite and granodiorite in the pre-volcanic basement have been exposed by erosion. Geological, petrographical, and petrochemical criteria, as well as absolute dating indicate direct chronological and genetic relationships between the diorite-granodiorite intrusions and extrusive volcanism.

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Konečný, V. Evolutionary stages of the Banská Stiavnica caldera and its post-volcanic structures. Bull Volcanol 35, 95–116 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596810

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