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Locality Name:
Spachievo Ore Field (Spahievo Ore Field), Mineralni Bani Obshtina, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.22
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32.42

mindat Locality ID: 156382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spachievo Ore Field (Spahievo Ore Field), Mineralni Bani Obshtina, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chala Mine

Latitude: 41°56'19"N
Longitude: 25°22'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.938611111111,25.367777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Roscherite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise
Wavellite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Augelite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Copper ()*
Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*	Faustite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roscherite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Enargite Feldspar Kaolinite Lazulite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Roscherite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Turquoise
Wavellite Wurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	33.22	32.42	1	28868	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	33.22	32.42	0		8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	0		966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	33.22	32.42	1	28868	2734
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	33.22	32.42	1	28868	79
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	33.22	32.42	1	28868	5509
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.22	32.42	1	28868	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	33.22	32.42	1	28868	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.22	32.42	1	28868	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.22	32.42	1	28868	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	33.22	32.42	1	28868	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.22	32.42	1	28868	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	33.22	32.42	0		481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	33.22	32.42	1	28868	910
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	24
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.22	32.42	1	28868	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33.22	32.42	1	28868	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.22	32.42	1	28868	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	82
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	33.22	32.42	0		5591
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	33.22	32.42	1	28868	232
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	33.22	32.42	1	28868	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.22	32.42	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.22	32.42	0		17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	64
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.22	32.42	1	28868	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	33.22	32.42	1	28868	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	33.22	32.42	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33.22	32.42	1	28868	61156
Roscherite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	22
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.22	32.42	1	28868	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	33.22	32.42	1	28868	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	33.22	32.42	1	28868	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33.22	32.42	1	28868	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	33.22	32.42	1	28868	374

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00199	33.22	32.42	32.82±0.40									Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	156382	Spachievo Ore Field (Spahievo Ore Field), Mineralni Bani Obshtina, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria	Spahievo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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