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Locality Name:
Blagoevgrad Placer Deposits, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 25067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blagoevgrad Placer Deposits, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Struma River

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideBowieiteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyrite
RutileScheeliteSpinelStillwateriteTitaniteUllmanniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Bowieite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cooperite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)
Kashinite  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Osmium  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutheniridosmine  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3033
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S4034
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS20110
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr0162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3029
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5044
Osmium  (*)NoneOs0169
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)047
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu046
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2128804337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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