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Locality Name:
Tsar Assen Mine, Tsar Assen, Pazardzhik Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 205797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsar Assen Mine, Tsar Assen, Pazardzhik Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°21'19"N
Longitude: 24°20'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.355277777778,24.339166666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Enargite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Millerite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	90	90	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	90	90	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	90	90	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	90	90	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	90	90	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	90	90	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	90	90	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	90	90	966
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	90	90	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90	90	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	90	90	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	90	90	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	90	90	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	90	90	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	90	90	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	90	90	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	90	90	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	90	90	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	90	90	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	90	90	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	90	90	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90	90	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	90	90	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	90	90	1803

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-00284	90	90	Early Senonian									Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Millerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	205797	Tsar Assen Mine, Tsar Assen, Pazardzhik Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Tsar Assen	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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