Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kechikaya Deposit, Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29.6

mindat Locality ID: 188693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kechikaya Deposit, Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Caledonite	Chalcoalumite	Coronadite	Diaspore	Linarite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Caledonite Chalcoalumite Coronadite Diaspore Linarite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	31.6	29.6	2734
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	31.6	29.6	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	31.6	29.6	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂	31.6	29.6	27
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	31.6	29.6	91
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	31.6	29.6	197
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	31.6	29.6	3531
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	31.6	29.6	227
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	31.6	29.6	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	31.6	29.6	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	31.6	29.6	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	31.6	29.6	73
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	31.6	29.6	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	31.6	29.6	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	31.6	29.6	1107
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	31.6	29.6	477
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	31.6	29.6	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31.6	29.6	61156

2 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
	DeepDive-Co-0046	31.6	29.6	30.6		Ar-Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite		muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			459	Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria	Madan ore field	Vassileva et al. (2006)			Ar-Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite
	sedznpb-00066	30.76	29.95	30.76–29.95							Yes				459	Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria	Madan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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