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Locality Name:
Prohorovo Mine, Tundzha Obshtina, Yambol Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 81
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81

mindat Locality ID: 205795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prohorovo Mine, Tundzha Obshtina, Yambol Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°20'31"N
Longitude: 26°17'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.341944444444,26.295555555556

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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)818101588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2818105509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4818105516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28181027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS81810966
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)818108173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2818109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8181024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O818106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O38181014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4818105591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O48181014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28181012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2818105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28181017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28181039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8818109056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS8181021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13818101803



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00282818181      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu205795Prohorovo Mine, Tundzha Obshtina, Yambol Province, BulgariaProhorovoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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